The body moves naturally, automatically, unconsciously, without any personal intervention or awareness. But if we begin to use our faculty of reasoning, our actions become slow and hesitant.

What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immovable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation.

Our minds are a lot like the sea...you wake up some days and its rough and stormy.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm learning to not want to be someone else, to just be who I am, as is, with nothing extra added on.

I am not what I think I am. I just am.

As on many mornings in Marin, there is this sly strip of fog - water in it's most mystical incarnation - slithering over, around, and through the hills, making everything look ancient and unsolved.

So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already perfect as it was.

I felt a taste of that other kind of contentment that doesn't come from acquiring information or getting praise or building a resume, the kind that is just there, like a hidden pearl.

Possibilities are a mysterious beauty. They tease us to explore while our inner child cheers because an adventure is waiting.

If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching.

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

As you do not sweeten your mouth by saying honey, so you do not grow virtuous by merely talking of virtue.

Children need to see that they are assumed to be well-intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and who want reliable reactions from their elders to guide them.

They care for, protect, and guide God's people, frequently intervening or bring messages to people from God.

Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible

Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.

'Sympathy for the Devil' is just another way of saying 'Compassionate Conservative'.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.