Meditation is not

A way to enlightenment,

Nor is it a method 

Of achieving anything at all.

It is peace and blessedness itself.

It is the actualization of wisdom,

The ultimate truth 

Of the oneness of all things.

Dogen

There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life. 

Hazrat Inayat Khan

My soul is full of longing

for the secret of the sea,

and the heart of the great ocean

sends a thrilling pulse through me.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow