"It is essential to understand this point thoroughly: that the thing-in-itself, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, is not only unknowable-it does not exist. This is important not only for sanity and peace of mind, but also for the most "practical" reasons of economics, politics, and technology.. This is not to say only that things exist in relation to one another, but that what we call "things" are no more than glimpses of a unified process. Certainly, this process has distinct features which catch our attention, but we must remember that distinction is not separation."

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut up.

Sexual love is a troubled and problematic relationship in cultures where there is a strong sense of man's separation from nature, especially when the realm of nature is felt to be inferior or contaminated with evil.

For a decision-the freest of my actions just happens like hiccups inside me or like a bird singing outside me.

...[W]ords can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.