When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.

Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper into ourselves by reaching further and further into the things we fear.

In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.

Our work may be important, but we don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, we get attached to one relatively small thing and ignore the rest of life.

Take the selfishness out of anger and you're left with determination.

We're creating a little niche for ourselves instead of working the whole canvas.

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.

People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that we can't function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn't wait.

The basic problem, actually, is how to get rid of the idea that we're going to get rid of our problems. Only then can we relate directly with the real issues of our life.

Look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

They [students] had two common, strongly held expectations: the college should exhibit the behavior it expected from students and hold true to its espoused values.

Experience is not a means to realize the truth. Experience is the truth.

Heaven lies around us in our infancy.

I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.

I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.

I'm a staple in my city, you can never ruin me.

He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

You never know what an artist is going to create next.

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept anything without wishing I had given it away.

I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.