Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.

There is no distinction between means and ends. There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. There is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way.

Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.

Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love.

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

Fear of falling resist you from rising

Epigram: a wisecrack that has played Carnegie Hall.

What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?

My father is sure that Israel keeps the Holocaust from happening again. I worry that it might hasten its recurrence.

When we lose Fenway, we lose the sense that somebody sat here and watched Ted Williams hit.

Love is reality, fear is an illusory concept created in your mind.

Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire.

If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.