Seeing that nothing is solid or permanent you begin to make yourself at home in the unknown.

When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things.

Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check.

The experience of emptiness is not found outside the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience emptiness when the mind is free of grasping at appearance.

A mantra is like meeting the Buddha or Bodhisattva himself.

The longing for happiness and freedom from suffering expresses the great natural potential of mind.

You as a salt-being, made of salt, go to fathom the depth of the ocean, and in the process you yourself dissolve. A great maharishi once said that true meditation is like this.

When we look in the mirror, the one thing we don't want to see is an ordinary human being.

Thoughts and emotions will always arise.

What good are thoughts and emotions-in fact all of our experiences-if not to increase our realization?

God’s way of thinking should become our way of thinking

Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?

The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.

The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein.

Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.

There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

The idea of 10 dimensions might sound exciting, but they would cause real problems if you forget where you parked your car.