"Intelligence is a function of the degree to which you realize that your behavior is one with the behavior of the rest of the world." -Alan Watts

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." -Alice Walker

"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other." -George Eliot

"We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers." -Christopher Isherwood

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought. Seek the meaning behind their footsteps, and not upon the steps themselves." -Matsuo Basho

"Story is our only boat for sailing on the river of time." -Ursula K. Le Guin

"Zen pretty much comes down to three things - everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention." -Jane Hirshfield

"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." -Mary Shelley

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." -Arundhati Roy

"Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves." -Pema Chodron