Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

[I want] a one-armed scientist ... [Who would not qualify his advice with 'on the other hand...']

It's amazing how the more you read, the less you know.

Dragonflies are reminders that we are light and we can reflect light in powerful ways if we choose to do so.

If the purpose of your life is to seek happiness, you will be happy even if you are not a success.

All the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one.

Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor.

A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown, Who ponders this tremendous scene-- This whole experiment in green, As if it were his own!

Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me.

The teachers who have had the most impact on me and on most learners I know are teachers whose "selfhoods" have been deeply invested in what they are doing.

When life gives you lemons, get tequila and salt.

Whether we're in retreat or out in the world, we should try to develop the quality of awareness as much as possible.