Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to the violent deaths of harmless animals.

A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.'

You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and noting the course of the currents.

The truth is that everything is One, and this of course is not a numerical one.

Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound

For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of criss-crossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible.

Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their compassion these seeds would never spout.

Die while alive And be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, All is good.

Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

Your intensity increases your net worth

It's a fact that people are afraid of what they don't understand. And most are too lazy or ignorant to find out more.

You really need to be careful of who you hang out with and who you listen to. They can lead you down the wrong path.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company.

Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.

Debt is the slavery of the free.

It watches," he added suddenly. "The house. It watches every move you make.

You know your life is over when you own a lawnmower.