There is a theory that if you yearn sincerely enough for a Guru, you will find one. The universe will shift, destiny's molecules will get themselves organized and your path will soon intersect with the path of the master you need.

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real.

Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness.

The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.

To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position.

The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.

Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?