Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.