Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency.

You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.

Buddha's doctrine: Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are essentially impermanent...this frustration of the desire to possess is the immediate cause of suffering.

Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.

The secret of the enjoyment of pleasure is to know when to stop. Man doesn't learn this secret easily, but to shun pleasure altogether is cowardly avoidance of a difficult job. For we have to learn the art of enjoying things BECAUSE they are impermanent.

Chaos is always losing, but never defeated

What was it like to wake up after having never gone to sleep? That was when you were born.