All -isms End Up In Schisms.

We Become Compassionate Not From Altruism Which Denies The Self For The Sake Of The Other, But From The Insight That Sees And Feels One Is The Other.

With Mind Distracted, Never Thinking, "death Is Coming," To Slave Away On The Pointless Business Of Mundane Life, And Then To Come Out Empty--it Is A Tragic Error. (116) Trans By Robert Thurman

What Is Zen? Simple, Simple, So Simple. Infinite Gratitude Toward All Things Past; Infinite Service To All Things Present; Infinite Responsibility To All Things Future.

If Rumi Is The Most-read Poet In America Today, Coleman Barks Is In Good Part Responsible. His Ear For The Truly Divine Madness In Rumi’s Poetry Is Really Remarkable.

The Most Powerful Moral Influence Is Example.