“ The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it. Ashavan
“ The greatest courage is to love, to reach beyond the self openly, to expand the very idea of self until it is too large to be named. All other courage is false courage. All else is hiding, a desire fo… Ashavan
“ Do not let your intellect steer you away from what your eyes have seen. Neither should you let it deny what your higher powers have perceived. Ashavan
“ Religion is the record of spiritual events. Through the repetition of past occurrences religion can give us a close approximation of the event itself, but it is not the same thing as a spiritual exper… Ashavan
“ The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in order to grasp true meaning. Ashavan
“ Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we need to maintain a hopeful attitude. Ashavan
“ Perhaps the one unanswerable question in life is why so many of us choose to live in a fantasy world of our own creation that offers us nothing but pain. Ashavan
