“The earth shall be left to no one.”

Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.

Too many words are lit for a beast of burden.

If I told you about a land of love…would you swallow it as a remedy?

I am the drop that contains the ocean.

I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.

My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart’s destiny: Whoever breaks another’s heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other.

Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.

Come let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be loved ones and lovers. The earth shall be left to no one.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

To love the world is to be afflicted.

Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.

The earth has grown a nervous system, and it’s us.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.

Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.

In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.

And some days, all she needs is to lay beneath the crescent moon and let the earth hold her.

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.