A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void.

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.

To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form

Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.

Here it is - right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.

When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.

The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.

To get it doneand see it thru, find less to sayand more to do.

I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.

Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

Men may not read the gospel in sealskin, or the gospel in morocco, or the gospel in cloth covers, but they can't get away from the gospel in shoe leather.

One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.

Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.

I don't really have a problem 'cause I know who these people are, I know that they're scared to death. I know these leftists with scared and they oppose and that they're inflexible.

the child unlucky in his little State, Some hearth where freedom is excluded, A hive whose honey is fear and worry, Feels calmer now and somehow assured of escape