Love what you do and your heart will lead the rest of the way.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

No one is more qualified than you are to decide how you live

When all the teachers are gone, who will be your teacher?The student replied: “Everything!Kobun, paused, then said: “No, you".

Pleasure is not pleasant unless it cost dear.

Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger.

For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

Nothing is more abstract than reality.

All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream.

I always had a sense of liking diagrams, from the time I was studying architecture. Architecture is built diagrams, basically.

There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things.