Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.

Anxiety is the fear that one of a pair of opposites might cancel the other. Forever.

There are two specific objections to use of psychedelic drugs.First,use of these drugs may be dangerous.Howev er,every worth-while exploration is dangerous-climb ing mountains,testi ng aircraft,rocket ing into outer space,or collecting botanical specimens in jungles.But if you value knowledge & the actual delight of exploration more than mere duration of uneventful life,you are willing to take the risks.

Cows scream louder than carrots.

We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.