The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking.

Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it.

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?

The aim of Zen training is to attain the state of consciousness which occurs when the individual ego is emptied of itself and becomes identified with the infinite reality of all things.

Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

... family and friends aren't always ready to make the journey when you are, and you just have to keep plowing along whether they have confidence in you or not. That can be very lonely.