Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling

Each day hands me a clean sheet of paper upon which to write. Therefore, I would be wise to write without ever having the need to erase.

solid and dense as his own, a nose ring and angelbites.

The intensity of our desire to share the gospel is a great indicator of the extent of our personal conversion.

The Son of God passed by the mansions and went down in a manger that He might sympathize with the lowly.

My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.

Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope of understanding the universe. Some things are unknowable.

I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose.