Zen is a double-edged sword, killing words and thoughts, yet at the same time, giving them life. Although beyond human intellect and philosophy, Zen is their root and source.

When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell, If we were Wax, or Tallow by the smell.

Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized.

In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

There is nothing more real and more important in life than the love that we give away and the love that we receive.

The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed — let these be your God.

Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.

If you're on the path you're meant to be on, everything falls into place; the Universe is telling you that.

I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.

I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

[I'll teach you] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump where something necessary was amputated.

The work that is done in love loses half its tedium and difficulty.

I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.

There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate.