In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.

Take the selfishness out of anger and you're left with determination.

Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

The more you learn, the more you know that you're not so hot.

Take care of yourself right now. Befriend what's happening, not just who you're supposed to be or what the world should be like.

Our actions—whether they make peace or war—reverberate throughout this universe.

As soon as you create something you create a boundary.

We freeze up because we expect a certain result or because we want things to be perfect.

I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.