People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void.

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.

To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form

Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.

Here it is - right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.

When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.

...Moonlight possesses no alchemy to transmute good motives to base, but it does excite love magic...

The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.

A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?

Writing is a constant exercise in longing.

His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

'Love and gratitude' are the words that must serve as the guide for the world.

In response to the question, 'How can we help to promote world peace?' Mother Theresa replied, 'Go home and love your children.

The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.

Twelve people die every day because there aren't enough kidneys.