Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

The source of all light is in the eye.

Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.

I'm really interested in culture because it is such a powerful human force, particularly in America where we think it's all about the individual.

Always make new mistakes.

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong.

...and nostalgia swept through Jimmy like a sudden hunger.

A teacher in search of his/her own freedom may be the only kind of teacher who can arouse young persons to go in search of their own

Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

We need people to fight back. So many people are depressed, and they've become preoccupied with the negatives of this [Donald Trump] presidency. That can cripple people mentally.

I wish to die painting.

I find many of answers in the spiritual realm. That in no way compromises my ability to think rigorously as a scientist.

Somehow or another, my mother taught me to push through my fear, always. Feel the fear and do it anyway.