"All the powers in the universe are already ours. 

It is we who have put our hands before our eyes 

and cry that it is dark."

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), Hindu spiritual leader

(Source: goodreads, edited by RoseAlma)

"Enlightenment [is] nothing more or less 

than seeing things as they are rather than 

as we wish or believe them to be."

Steve Hagen, Buddhism Plain and Simple

Zen writer and priest

(Source: smash&peas, edited by RoseAlma)