The Best Things In Life

Said The Monk: "all These Mountains And Rivers And The Earth And Stars - Where Do They Come From?" Said The Master: "where Does Your Question Come From?"

If The Heart Is Unobstructed, The Result Is Love.

When Someone Offends You, You Can Raise Your Spirits To Heights Where Offenses Cannot Reach.

A Master Was Once Unmoved By The Complaints Of His Disciples That, Though They Listened With Pleasure To His Parables And Stories, They Were Also Frustrated For They Longed For Something Deeper. To All Their Objections He Would Simply Reply: 'you Have Yet To Understand, My Friends, That The Shortest Distance Between A Human Being And Truth Is A Story.'

The Tragedy Of An Attachment Is That If Its Object Is Not Attained It Causes Unhappiness. But If It Is Attained, It Does Not Cause Happiness – It Merely Causes A Flash Of Pleasure Followed By Weariness, And It Is Always Accompanied, Of Course, By The Anxiety That You May Lose The Object Of Your Attachment.