The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

[T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

[I]mpermanence [is] the very thing that makes [life] vibrant, wonderful, and alive.

[A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well.

There's no rule in the end, but only the situation and the inclination of your mind

[H]ow can something cease to exist that has no solid existence in the first place?

The only way we can be free in each moment is to become what each moment is.

How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?

Truth is not … something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.]

[A] view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our mind. … [T]his can never match Reality, … because the world isn't frozen.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

Understanding is the beginning of approving.

Some people advise you what to do and some people forbid what not to do, but the genuine people just ask you if they can do anything for you.

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.

Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.

The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).

... a war always ends.

All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

I've never been to Vegas, but I've gambled all my life.

The Republican Party of 2005 bears no resemblance to the Republican Party of 1994.