I always had good students.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were a kid.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

The best defense is a good story.

Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

Love as air loves the leaves.

Seeds are proof that the greatest growth takes place in the dark.

I use my friends rather as giglamps : There's another field I see: by your light. Over there's a hill. I widen my landscape.

Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list - a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

I travel as much as I can and meet people.

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?

Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.

Satori is a brief flash. Suddenly the light breaks through. For a short timeless time we experience eternity in its unmanifest form. It's comparable to salvikalpa samadhi.

Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.