this present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In the present moment is nirvana.

In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.

If we are not totally blind, what we are seeking is already here. This is it.

The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an art not unlike sculpture, in which the artist creates, not by building, but by hacking away.

Altough we all realize that monotony is boring, almost every form of industrial work- banking, accounting, mass-producing, service- is monotonous, and most people are paid for simply putting up with monotony

A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present.