“All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.”

The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.

Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.

When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.

It is the spirit of the quest which helps.

I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.

I don’t think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.

I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.

The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.

Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.

Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.

Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!

The sun is within me and so is the moon.

Stand firm in that which you are.

All he knew was chaos and this mortal world was obsessed with order

A war is still a war even if it is inside your head, did you know this?

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

I know how to live with a blade and teach it not to make me bleed.

A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.

I don’t know how to love people well yet. But I know I can love you the way you deserve, if you let me.

You don’t know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you’re going to get some good fried chicken.

Just because a lot of people know something nominal doesn’t make it important. A lot of people know what a pencil sharpener is, but that doesn’t make it the most important invention of the 20th century.