The tree can't emerge until the outer shell of the seed breaks. Similarly, you cannot know the Truth without totally destroying the ego.
It is when you go out into the world and work in various situations that you can see how your mind reacts to different circumstances.
In every stone exists a latent image. When the sculptor chisels away all the unwanted parts, the image emerges. That beautiful form is born because the stone offers itself to the artist, sitting patiently before him or her for a long time.
We should be willing to take action, without waiting to see whether or not anyone will be there to help us.
Concentration and love are one - like two sides of a coin. Love should be there if you want concentration.
What is to be done in order to obtain peace? We should live our life understanding and discriminating between the eternal and the non-eternal.
The only way to put an end to the ruler of these negative thoughts and emotions is to develop awareness.