Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha

When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

What I know is the product of the hand I have been dealt and how I have reacted to that hand

And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place.

Finding a stylist is a little like finding a date; you have to find who is right for you.

Everybody does the same thing over and over again. I like to do the same thing every day.

This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.

My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed.

The eye identifies itself not with the body it belongs to but with the object of its attention.

The nerves are good... they keep you on point and they keep you not getting overconfident.

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or pen and can write it down.

I want to spark ideas and conversations and inspire people to take active roles in their communities, relationships and their well-being.