Enlightenment after all is to overcome delusion, by way of sensitizing practitioners to complexities and problems of the human situation.

Those who greatly enlighten delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about enlightenment are sentient beings.

Paradoxically, the more deeply one grows in enlightenment, the more clearly one discerns one's own frailties and limitations.

So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break

Patience is to wait for the ice to melt instead of breaking it.

The lie, of course, is more interesting.

Every time I feel depressed or frustrated, I just have to drive on the highway during rush hours, then I feel very grateful I don't have to do this everyday.

But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner, rob and plunder the people, - is this just?

The atomists , unlike Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle , sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause.

If you have an ability, you want to exercise it, not anesthetize it.

One of the things I've been working on for the past few months is a radical simplification of the interface.

So many Christians seek to live the pain-free Christian life. Such a life has no impact.

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.