To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

Since things neither exist nor do not exist, are neither real nor unreal, are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting - one might as well burst out laughing.

Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.

Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace.

In the experience of yogins who do not perceive things dualistically, the fact that things manifest without truly existing is so amazing they burst into laughter

Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for progressing on the path to liberation.

Work and pray rather instead of watching and wishing.

People relate giving to reciprocity. They expect things to be expressed in a way they can understand, which is usually their own.

All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.

I'm my age and I feel glorious.

a labor victory must be economic and it must be revolutionizing.

We do not need to have an agreed set of goals before we do something ambitious!

Getting control of stuff makes people feel like they have more control over their lives - maybe irrationally, but it's one of these psychological truths.

I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off.

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment.

I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.