The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.

In the end, we have nothing to lose by opening our hearts.

Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life.

You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head.

There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.

It is not about how much you give, it is about how much you can let go with your mind.

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego.

We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda.

When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enlightenment.

With craziness of mind, I have courage to live as I wish.

Fiction writers, magicians, politicians and priests are the only people rewarded for entertaining us with their lies

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.

The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.

The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

In my weightlifting I am trying to show that if you pray and meditate, you can bring to the fore your inner strength. Now, if somebody is really inwardly strong, he is always at peace.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.