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?

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

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

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.

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.

Love is elixir that keeps you alive. Love is poison that kills you. Unreciprocated love keeps you alive, but kills every day.

Action, not philosophy will get you going. Pick yourself up and move forward. That is the only way you can still enjoy life while you are blessed to be living it.

falling is MY passion, you don't have to do the same.

The best models of English writing are Shakespeare and the Old Testament.

[America] needs a certain thinking.

We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.

A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do.

I am obsessed with my hairstyles.

Nothing is hopeless that is right.

How far, in any case, must one go back to find the beginning?