A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.

Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then live a new life as a Buddha.

I think we've grown so far apart, we don't even know each other anymore.

Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before.

Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this Ugly Spirit.

Marketing is always a tricky thing with a rated R movie. Sometimes people just get what it is and they want to come see it, and sometimes you have to explain it more.

Shall we speak of the inspiration of a poet or a priest, and not of the heart impelled by love and self-devotion to the lowliest work in the lowliest way of life?

What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

Belief is not truly belief while doubt can still touch it.

Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail

Such is the love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory.