The whole conception of 'sin' is one which I find very puzzling, doubtless owing to my sinful nature.

The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.

Sometimes the church isn´t the place where we meet Jesus, it´s the place where we hide ourselves from the world.

Children are a gift from God.

I have come to realize that we are born and we die and that the word 'freedom' is a man's greatest lie.

For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine, And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine.

In the old days, Zen was not really practiced so much in a monastery. The Zen Master usually lived up on a top of the mountain or the hill or in the forest or sometimes in the village.

Who are you if you lose your favorite person? Can you lose your favorite person without losing yourself? I reach for Stargirl and she's gone. I'm not me anymore.

Things dribbled in in dribs and drabs through my 20s. But it was a struggle.

It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.

Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition