Recipe for success: under-promise and over-deliver.
The purpose of all these illustrations is to direct the seeker's mind towards the one reality underlying them all.
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and they always will be.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn.