Zen is magic. It gives you the key to open the miraculous. And the miraculous is in you and the key is also in you.

Zen gives you tremendous dignity. There is no authority anywhere. Freedom is utter and ultimate.

There is no other space, no other time. This moment is all. In this moment the whole existence converges, in this moment all is available.

Burdens of life become lighter when your heart is filled with love and we learn to forgive and forget with profound kindness.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Don't try to preserve your energy. Rather, think of a worthwhile purpose in life and burn yourself up.... for that's what is satisfying and fulfilling.

People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story.

Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

I've been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I've virtually never read one and gone, 'Yep, factually and tonally that's exactly what happened.' Pretty much never.

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.

Unicorns are real and emo is imaginary.

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.

It costs nothing to smile. Do it as often as possible