Let the story do its work in you, and when it is done then you won’t need the story anymore. - Anthony de Mello

Think of yourself in a concert hall listening to the strains of the sweetest music when you suddenly remember that you forgot to lock your car. You are anxious about the car, you cannot walk out of the hall and you cannot enjoy the music. There you have a perfect image of life as it is lived by most human beings.

I leave you free to be yourself: to think your thoughts, indulge your tastes, follow your inclinations, behave in ways that you decide are to your liking.

There are two ways to wash dishes: One is to wash them in order to make them clean; the other is to wash them in order to wash them.