To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses.

You must not be afraid of playing wrong notes. Just forget it, play it wrong! But play!

In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also in Hindu philosophy, they call the world illusion; and in Latin the root of the word illusion is ludere, to play.

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss."

Think about a piece of music - some great symphony - we don't expect it to get better as it develops, or that its whole purpose is to reach the final crescendo. The joy is found in listening to the music in each moment.

If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.