QUOTES FROM "CHOP WOOD, CARRY WATER'"

The following are various quotes from "Chop Wood, Carry Water, A Guide to Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in Everyday Life."

To understand truth one must have a very sharp, precise, clear mind; not a cunning mind, but a mind that is capable of looking without any distortion, a mind innocent and vulnerable. Only such a mind can see what truth is. Nor can a mind that is filled with knowledge perceive what truth is; only a mind that is completely capable of learning can do that. Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge. Learning is movement from moment to moment. -- J. Krishnamurti at p. 22

So when the shoe fits, The foot is forgotten,
When the belt fits, The belly is forgotten,
When the heart is right, 'For' and 'against' are forgotten. -- Thomas Merton at p. 194

The Dalai Lama, as quoted at p. 56:
The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart. 

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. -- Henry David Thoreau at p. 130

The lack of money is the root of all evil. -- George Bernard Shaw at p. 140

Thank You.