What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to all things future.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

If we take the world’s enduring religions at their best, we discover the distilled wisdom of the human race.

I am profoundly moved and persuaded by the near-death experience.

All -isms end up in schisms.

We all carry it within us: supreme strength, the fullness of wisdom, unquenchable joy. It is never thwarted, and cannot be destroyed.

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus.

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

I'll take risk on what I do on my life . Just mind your own business .

‎"The greatest discovery you'll ever make, is the potential of your own mind.

It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I tried to become a hawk, it didn't work. I think I got -stuck

The White House announced plans to begin normalizing relations with Cuba - this as we're awkwardizing relations with Russia.

Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don't go to the hospital, it's nothing for me.

There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.

Everybody that's living in this earth is living in a situation. It's not narrow-minded to the point where everybody is serious and nobody has a personality. I think people die telling jokes.

Cinema as a means of expression fascinates me.