" Throw everything away, forget about it all! You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying too hard… Relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river’s flow. "

" Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life. "

" Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you. "

" Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all. "