Nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

If you want to possess things—money; if you want to possess yourself—meditation. And if you possess yourself, money loses all meaning. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Meditation is a process of getting rid of the whole past, of getting rid of all diseases, of getting rid of all the pus that has gathered in you. It is painful, but it is cleansing, and there is no other way to cleanse you. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding. – John of Ruysbroeck