I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

There is mental conditioning in your mind put in there during this life by your parents, teachers, the society. You've been told what is and what is not, what is right and what is wrong. This has to be pushed aside.

Anyone who meditates for a period of time will gradually become more sensitized to all of life.

I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch this amazing thing happen.

Fear is just an idea in the mind that limits you. You cannot become enlightened if you are afraid, nor can you become happy.

The third stage is no thought. No thought is not the end of meditation. It is the beginning of higher meditation.

The Zen master walks in his garden, alone. There is no traffic there. There is no shopping there. There are only the flowers.