In the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all, until we experience some longing for openness, some longing for something other than the smell of our own sweat. When we examine that comfortable darkness - look at it, smell it, feel it - we find it is claustrophobic.

Warriorship does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Warriorship is the tradition of human bravery, or the tradition of fearlessness.

The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place.

When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.

Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.

The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.