In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown.

In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown. Victory is assured to the combatant who is both physically and mentally nonresistant.

Reality is where we are from moment to moment.

Zen is a special transmission outside the Canonical Scriptures; it does not depend upon texts.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.

Prayer is first and foremost an act of love

Metrosexuality is dead. And good riddance to it.

Morality has nothing to do with sports. Bad people can be good at sports and good people can be bad at sports.

The men who succeed are the efficient few.

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.