Richard

“Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.”
― Anonymous, King James Bible

“In considering the substantial self, it is important to make a clear distinction between the self itself and the mere attribution of self.”
― Khenchen Thrangu, The Open Door to Emptiness

“Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
― Anonymous, King James Bible

“Form always turns towards crystallization. To change form, one has to let go of one’s structure and move through a fluid state into another one. You all call that purification, or reactivity, or doubt or, “It’s too hard!” And it is hard. It’s hard to turn one’s life in a different direction. But, if one has an intuition of love (and all of you do)—if you allow yourself to be convinced and converted, and confess it (this love), then that outweighs the hardness of the path.”
― T.K., An Opening Lotus of Wisdom: Topics in Vajrayana, Vol. I