If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out on one half of life.

If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

A man is not aware of his virtues (if any). Nevertheless, one hopes that they exist.

It is the difference between men and women, not the sameness, that creates the tension and the delight.

It seems clear at last that our love for the natural world-Nature-is the only means by which we can requite God's obvious love for it.

Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.