The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.

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

And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords

Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.

For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones - for it is the secret of proper timing. No rush. No dawdle. Just the sense of flowing with the course of events in the same way that you dance to music, neither trying to outpace it nor lagging behind. Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will?