if we look upon awaking as an end or a goal to be accomplished, we deny the truth of presence.

The good news is that we are Buddha. The bad news is that all beings are Buddha. The sickness of being human is the sickness of wanting to be unique.

It is not enough to accept boredom, you must embrace it. It is only when you have completely embraced it that you can go beyond it.

Instead of suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make this conflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflict is resolved.

The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated.

Who is so fancy, esoterica saves the day?Who is the Yogi, Namaste?

The advantage of being married a long time was that one could argue without the necessity of the other's actual, physical presence.

Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy.

We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.

The things we remember are often things that have great emotional importance, and so they have a lasting effect.

Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.

Before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry, there was National Review , and before there was National Review there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind.