No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

• But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
• And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.
• The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
• How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
• And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.
• But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
• To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
• In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.
• Faith is a state of openness or trust.
• No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.