Searching for the Truth through words and speech is like sticking your head in a bowl of glue.

If you put your conditioned intellect to rest for a long time, suddenly it will be like the bottom falling out of a bucket - then you will naturally be happy and at peace.

Everything comes from your own heart. This is what one ancient called bringing out the family treasure.

There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things.

You have mastered the art of discipline when you are able to act according to what you ultimately desire rather than how you feel in the present moment.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.

You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.

Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war.

Every experience that you go through kinda shapes who you are.

Because there might come a day when there is no flashlight, there is no gun, there is no guiding hand. And I want to be ready for it." (divergent pg.138)

I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next.