Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and the dar… - Anthony de Mello

Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. You don't make a goal out of relaxation and sensitivity. Have you ever heard of people who get tense trying to relax? If one is tense, one simply observes one's tension. You will never understand yourself if you seek to change yourself. The harder you try to change yourself the worse it gets. You are called upon to be aware.

To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.

When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.