Life is a pilgrimage to nowhere, from nowhere to nowhere. And between these two nowheres is the Now-Here.
They say: Think twice before you jump. I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want!
Don't choose. Accept life as it is in its totality.
As long as the “I” is there, love cannot be. All that we call love is only desire, longing, passion and attachment; as long as ego is there, all these bind one.
Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.
Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego.
Transcendence means going beyond duality. Attachment means remaining within duality.
If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown, give him support.
Only those who are ready to become nobodies are able to love.
Meaning is man-created. And because you constantly look for meaning, you start to feel meaninglessness.
Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incompara ble. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears. Each is unique and incomparable. You are just yourself: nobody has ever been like you, and nobody will ever be like you. And you need not be like anybody else, either. God creates only originals; he does not believe in carbon copies.
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You can not be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
To be alone is the only real revolution. To accept that you are alone is the greatest transformation that can happen to you.
Zen is an effort to become alert and awake.
The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.
Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.
In the space of no-mind, truth descends like light.
Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you. You are the traveler and you are the destination. In experiencing the ecstasy of your own being, you have achieved the final goal.
Always remember to judge everything by your inner feeling of bliss.
Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen in a single, split second.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.
Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.
Existence is a mystery, and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation. No, explanation is not needed — only exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And truth liberates.
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.
Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy.
Life is a balance between rest and movement.
_Communications._--Lagos is well supplied with means of communication. A 3 ft. 6 in. gauge railway starts from Iddo Island, and extends past Abeokuta, 64 m. from Lagos, Ibadan (123 m.), Oshogbo (175 m.), to Illorin (247 m.) in Northern Nigeria, whence the line is continued to Jebba and Zunguru (see NIGERIA). Abeokuta is served by a branch line, 1½ m. long, from Aro on the main line. Railway bridges connect Iddo Island both with the mainland and with Lagos Island (see Lagos, town). This line was begun in 1896 and opened to Ibadan in 1901. In 1905 the building of the section Ibadan-Illorin was undertaken. The railway was built by the government and cost about £7000 per mile. The lagoons offer convenient channels for numerous small craft, which, with the exception of steam-launches, are almost entirely native-built canoes. Branch steamers run between the Forcados mouth of the Niger and Lagos, and also between Lagos and Porto Novo, in French territory, and do a large transit trade. Various roads through the bush have been made by the government. There is telegraphic communication with Europe, Northern Nigeria and South Africa, and steamships ply regularly between Lagos and Liverpool, and Lagos and Hamburg (see LAGOS, town). Entry: LAGOS