The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

But this was fancy

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution, " the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

Your body's dying...pay no attention

Life is not about finding who you really are

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

I wore glasses, no music, and I won - I think it was - fifth place. I got a whipping the same day. My mother whipped me for something. Destroyed my ego completely.

Never aim to be proactive with your day. That way, if you end up getting stuff done, you’re never disappointed.

I like the authentic object, and I have no problem paying sixty dollars for a T-shirt if it fits me really well and it's really well made. I like unassuming clothes.