Happiness is not dependent upon outer circumstance. Happiness is falling in love with everything around you, everything inside of you.
Frederick LenzIf you were just you, you would be happy. But of course, you don't know who or what you are. So how can you possibly be happy? That is why you have got to study Zen...or something.
Frederick LenzThe Buddhist message is a message not of the negation of life, but one of affirmation.
Frederick LenzEverything is perception. A hallucination is a perception of a certain reality. It is a perception of a certain state of mind.
Frederick Lenz