What's the earthly use of putting a man on the moon when we cannot live on the earth? - Anthony de Mello

Let the story do its work in you, and when it is done then you won't need the story anymore.

As the Japanese Zen masters say, "Don't seek the truth; just drop your opinions.

A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius. Are you?" he asked. "You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly. "And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?" "The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being."