Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.

You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

To put is still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.

There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle, and there is no place on a circle where it begins. Look at my watch, which tells the time; it goes round, and so the world repeats itself again and again.