Is it too much to ask, to live in a world where our human gifts go toward the benefit of all? Where our daily activities contribute to the healing of the biosphere and the well-being of other people?

We are all here to contribute our gifts toward something greater than ourselves, and will never be content unless we are.

We are not just a skin-encapsulated ego, a soul encased in flesh. We are each other and we are the world.

Each experience of love nudges us toward the Story of Interbeing, because it only fits into that story and defies the logic of Separation.

When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.

When both sides of a controversy revel in the defeat and humiliation of the other side, in fact they are on the same side: the side of war.

The world is on fire! Why am I sitting in front of my computer? It is because I don’t have a fire extinguisher for the world, and there isn’t a global 911 to call.

The power of attention is much greater than the force of self-restraint.

The radiance of that which wants to be born illuminates the shadows, bringing them into the light of awareness that they may be healed.

I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.

Take bold decisions. Don’t let doubts fumble decisions in your mind and make you confused over them. Pursue what you are convinced to do

I believe in a fight between me & Wilder... I can come out on top

A man may be said to love most truly that woman in whose company he can feel drowsy in comfort.

I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics

You are very familiar with Western ways, but you are too young. You go everywhere to follow the big news, but the questions you ask are too simple -- sometimes naive.

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses.

Zen teaches that our approach to today determines our whole approach to life.

Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something.

BE A STUDENT BY STAYING OPEN AND WILLING TO LEARN FROM EVERYONE AND ANYONE.