In the high country of the mind one has to become adjusted to the thinner air of uncertainty.

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within.

I love fishing. It's transcendental meditation with a punchline.

Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.

The government bugged the men's room in the local disco lounge.

On the seventh day God rested. His grandchildren must have been out of town.

Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want.

I don't think that because you are a perfectionist that that makes you necessarily automatically unlikable.

Too many temples where we could worship the beast.

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.