When can our brain's innate objectivity begin to flourish? Only when our inappropriate Self-centered subjectivity begins to dissolve.

Chance favors those in motion.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here (pointing to himself) and you are out there.

The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.

The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.

Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience.

Expect nothing but be ready for everything.

In today's life, Luxury is Time and Space.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things that they really love.

How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.

Don't care about all the pain in front of me, cause I'm just trying to be happy.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

It is love of my fan's that always makes me stand firm.

I’m a journalist; I run to the fire, that’s what we do.