There is no Bodhi tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight

Look within!... The secret is inside you.

A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.

Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed.

The meaning of life is to see.

The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.

As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.

Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.

Before you think good or evil, who are you?

Meanwhile, allow me to be me ….in all forms.

While I've had plenty of ups and downs, dealt with my share of failure, and struggled through emotionally difficult periods, I'm fundamentally an optimist.

A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God.

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

One day I would be a better hand at the game. One day I would learn how to laugh. Pablo was waiting for me, and Mozart too.

What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

Socialism is a society where the resources are used democratically to provide a better life for all, based on ending the dictatorship of big business over the economy and politics.

Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.