Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.

To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job.

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.

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.