An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.

The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesn’t now, then where did it go ?

Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.

In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny.

By changing our history and our memory, they try to erase all our shame.

We're by-products of the mid-twentieth century", Oliver said. "Who isn't?

Patience was part of his nature, and he accepted his lot as a short-lived mammal, scurrying in and out amid the roots of the giants.

True freedom comes from being unknown.

There's so much to write. Where should I start?I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote me back this:'You should start where you are

For the time beingWords scatterAre they fallen leaves?

As I bathe myselfI pray with all beingsthat we can purify body and mindand clean ourselves inside and out.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Deserve better...if only...they just had...thrones...

The light was everywhere. He would tell me later I looked like an angel... but he just looked like the same devil to me

I want a language that speaks the truth.

In Him (God), history and prophecy are one and the same.

If you subsidize apples, you get more apples; if you subsidize unemployment, you get more of it.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.

How much an ill word may empoison liking!