Every place is a place to practice. Every time is a time to practice. Zen is concerned with the thought we have this moment rather than with rituals or rules of behavior

The world has no hold on you. Whatever has a hold on you comes from your mind.

In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.

When you're blind to your own nature, the Buddha is an ordinary being. When you're aware of your own nature, an ordinary being is the Buddha.

There's not a hell of a lot of difference between bravery and stupidity." - Commander Boaz Aurigae

My mom was a photographer and whenever they needed a baby for a modelling job, she'd stick me in front of the camera. That's how it started.

It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.

Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.

No matter how often I tell people I'm thirty-nine some of them refuse to believe I'm that old.

Much as we might wish it, looks don't always last forever. That's why, if you're looking for a long-term relationship, it's extremely important to take into consideration qualities that will last.

I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own.

We have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try to find something wrong with it.

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.