The Pilgrimage Quotes
"The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight."
"It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length."
"When we renounce our dreams and find peace, we go through a short period of tranquility. But the dead dreams begin to rot within us and to infect our entire being."
"Because we don’t want to see life as a grand adventure, we begin to think of ourselves as wise and fair and correct in asking so little of life."
"The good fight is the one that’s fought in the name of our dreams."
"Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside of you."
"If we believe in God, we have to believe also that God is just."
"Wherever your treasure is, there will be your heart."
"Everything has to be a personal manifestation of our will to win the good fight."
"The only way we can rescue our dreams is by being generous with ourselves."
"God was manifest in the caves and in the thunderstorms of prehistory."
"For the thing that I greatly feared is come upon me."
"We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe."
"Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning."
"People don't like to ask too much of life because they are afraid they will be defeated."
"The only thing missing is your learning how to combine the RAM practices with your own intuition."
"The sensation of happiness occurred because your action was suffused with agape."
"Everyone needs its presence, despite the fact that many times, eros makes us feel apart from the world, trapped in our solitude."
"The Zen monks listen to the rocks growing. I prefer fishing."
"During my lifetime, I have known some great men in the Tradition."
"My Master had spoken of the Falklands War two months before Argentina had invaded the islands."
"But that man and some others had already led many disciples to madness and despair."
"Petrus, there’s no way I’m going to climb that waterfall. And for a very simple reason: it’s impossible."
"I don’t want to climb because I’ll fall. I know that I’m not going to die, but I could fall and be crippled for the rest of my life."
"The hammer has to act. To put itself into the hands of the carpenter and to be used in its proper function."
"Whoever has the sword must constantly put it to the test, so it doesn’t rust in its scabbard."
"Everything you have learned up to now makes sense only if it is applied in real life."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"Every one of us has the flame of madness burning inside, and it is fed by agape."
"Agape is grander than our ordinary human concepts, and everyone thirsts for it."
"The only way to make the right decision is to know what the wrong decision is."
"The secret is the following: You can learn only through teaching."
"Life always teaches us more than the Road to Santiago does."
"No rule was stated, but all of us already knew what it was: no initiate could step outside the protective circle, since we lacked the protection that the Knights had with their suits of mail."
"The music within me began to change; my movements became more pronounced, and I entered into a powerful state of ecstasy."
"The Knights came to us and surrounded us. They began to beat upon their shields with their hands, making a noise that was deafening."
"Dost thou understand the great severities of the House and its charitable orders?"
"I felt the presence close to me of my Master, and I was able for the first time to turn my sobs into tears."
"It is not a sin to be happy. Half a dozen exercises and an attentive ear are enough to allow us to realize our most impossible dreams."
"People do have a tendency to fantasize about things that do not even exist, while they fail to learn the lessons that are before their very eyes."
"I was worthy of my sword because I knew what to do with it."