I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

. . . all meaning comes from analogies.

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.

God is closer than you think. In your heart, is his truth and light.

I'm afraid our sun is nothing like whatever defined.

Silly trends don't last long. A lot of this nonsense that pops up, I don't even really pay attention because it'll be gone in a flash.

Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.

Artists are tuning forks. Their goal is to create resonance in the audience.

I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.

It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God.

Put good energy out. Get good energy back.

Tea - the cups that cheer but not inebriate.