Reality is like a face reflected in the blade of a knife; its properties depend on the angle from which we view it.

Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

I thought how wise he was to lure his rival out into the woods, where every fight's fair.

My struggle to remain healthy is gradually killing me.

There are all sorts of topics and themes that just recur time and time again, which either means people have less imagination or that people never get bored of them... or both!

You come from the city and think small means simple when all it realy means is complicated in a smaller place. Which sometimes adds to the complication.

Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.

What good it does one to have a hearty, uncontrollable fit of laughter.

The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Sometimes the most important word is no. It takes the pressure off.

The value we create is directly related to how much valuable information we can produce, how much trust we can earn, and how often we innovate.

Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife, and carnage drear, Of Flodden's fatal field, When shiver'd was fair Scotland's spear, And broken was her shield!