Bodhana

Saint John of the Cross

If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.

Antonio Machado

Traveller, there is no path. You make the path as you walk.

Ursula K Le Guin

It is good to have an end to journey towards,
but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Lewis Carol (1832 - 1898)
Source: Alice in Wonderland

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where --" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't much matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"-- so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if only you walk long enough."

Bhagavad Gita

That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mine, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled. of firm resolve, with all his heart and mind given to Me -
with such a one I am in love.

To paraphrase Dante in the Infierno.

The gate to heaven lies in the depths of hell.

Swami Brahmananda.

In truth, to attain interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the sages.

Rachel Carson.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

St Augustine.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? I am a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of my head are easier by far to count than my feelings, the movements of my heart.

R D Laing.

Described the precariousness of existence as:-
'one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin'.

Sri Ramakrishna.

It is the mind which makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.