We shouldn't feel insulated just because water flows freely from our taps.

What a thrill. You know you've entered new territory when you realise that your outfit cost more than your film.

I’ve been working hard to become the kind of man she needs, the kind of man she already believes me to be.

If you have an imagination, welcome to the gates of Reality.

The truth seems to be that they [teachers of grammar] were victims of a mighty hoax, one of those true belly-rumbling impostures which a workaday world can but seldom afford.

personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

In the advanced practice, the relationship between the Zen master and the student becomes very terse. The Zen master will expect things of the student because the student is in graduate school.

I have never met with a friend who furnished me sea-room. I have only tacked a few times and come to anchor - not sailed - made no voyage, carried no venture.

Journeys bring power and love back into you. If you can't go somewhere, move in the passageways of the self. They are like shafts of light, always changing, and you change when you explore them.

Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we also had an entire genre of journalism dedicated to brushing the problem off.

The great authors share their souls with us- "literally.