Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

The light is more powerful than the darkness.

It was pretty much the male code not to let your friends have too much fun if there was any chance you could throw a wrench in their good times.

There's something inherently comical about the fact that most people want to change other people's lives, while they themselves remain stoic as they loiter in their own shortcomings.

There is a sense of competition in Zen. You are competing with your thoughts and trying to overcome them.

The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone.

Evil is the refusal to see one's self in others.

The hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind.

I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice, the rhythm of their speech or how confident they sound.