There's so much to write. Where should I start?I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote me back this:'You should start where you are

The past is weird. I mean, does it really exist ? It feels like it exists, but where is it ? And if it did exists, but doesn’t now, then where did it go ?

An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.

Zazen is better than a home. Zazen is a home that you can't ever lose.

In my heart, I am American, and I believe I have a free will and can take charge of my own destiny.

By changing our history and our memory, they try to erase all our shame.

We're by-products of the mid-twentieth century", Oliver said. "Who isn't?

Patience was part of his nature, and he accepted his lot as a short-lived mammal, scurrying in and out amid the roots of the giants.

True freedom comes from being unknown.

For the time beingWords scatterAre they fallen leaves?

As I bathe myselfI pray with all beingsthat we can purify body and mindand clean ourselves inside and out.

Satan wants to cripple me and then blame me for limping.

I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!

With the first money I ever made I bought my Mommy and Daddy a car, and helped them fix their house up.

What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens

Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.