How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom.

All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas.

Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?

If only you could hear the sound of snow

At this moment, is there anything lacking? Nirvana is right here now before our eyes. This place is the lotus land. This body now is the Buddha.

Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

Meditation in action is endlessly more important than meditation in stillness.

Careful, " he smiled, "I'm lethal.

Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to shut it again on something solid.

I'm a nut, but not just a nut.

Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28?

A new poll out taken by a Republican group that shows most Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism. Those terms don't mean what they did maybe 40, 50 years ago.

Every organism exists as a vehicle for the ennoblement of water into consciousness.

I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.

As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies.

The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.

Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!