Feelings and thoughts do not define who we are; they are just part of the weather of our inner world.

To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future.

difficulties only become problems when we separate ourselves from them instead of dealing with them directly and wholeheartedly.

Taigen Dan Leighton has lovingly illumined still another dimension of the human condition.

Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.

Old words are reborn with new faces.

A rich and mature life involves opening up to a wider world. If we base our understanding of life only on what we personally experience, we are impoverished indeed.

An honest man is a debtless man, he doesn't owe anyone anything.

I don't feel any sense of competition at all, and that might be my naïveté, but I don't feel pitted against anyone at all.

Porches are America's lost rooms.

Absolutely, I think that is where a scent is so powerful because it harnesses our memory and our memory is a very emotional place. I do like the smell of excitement.

In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues.

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

I am sure as I grow older I will understand more about my own feelings and how to put them in a song.

To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.