“The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.”

“No one, on his deathbed, ever regretted having been a Catholic.”

“If it be a point of humanity for man to bring health and comfort to man, and especially to mitigate and assuage the grief of others, and by taking from them the sorrow and heaviness of life to rest...”

“Your friend Plato holds that commonwealths will only be happy when either philosophers rule or rulers philosophize: how remote happiness must appear when philosophers won't even deign to share thei...”

“It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.”

“We are all in the same cart, going to execution; how can I hate anyone or wish anyone harm?”

“A passionate look, touch or a hug on a plant is enough to open your inner eyes than going for a serious yoga and other therapies”

“Why do we keep believing that we can control nature,even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?”

“A story is a garden you carry in your pocket. The stories we tell ourselves and each other are for pleasure and refuge. Like gardens they are small places in a large world. But, Jinhua, we must nev...”

“The Soul is attached to the world, and her Love contains the passion, beauty, and awe that make life worth living.”

“The true energy of Love confidently and unwaveringly burns away all sediment that clings to story while dropping us hard into the naked and raw hum of Right Now.”

“Once you know your Soul, you are never again subject to give your authority away. You own your truth directly and with certainty.”