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

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?

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.

There are always choices. But sometimes there are no good ones.

We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.

You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

It's a floor cleaner and a dessert topping.

Like all good teachers, the world repeats her lesson. Over and over ...with wordless variety... She spells the name of Love.

I will be small in small things, great among great.

I haven't even been thinking about it really. I'm just going to talk to coach. We will have a team meeting when we go back and (I'm) just (going to) focus on school.

More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation.

Wouldn’t it be amazing, getting up everyday and playing; doing something that you love to do?