The condition of humankind is not good, in the sense that the illusory prisons we create for ourselves through our desires and our frustrations are unhappy.

If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you will have a very different career. You will be successful.

Then on the other piece of paper, list all the people you know who are taking more than they're adding. Include people from the past.

I recommend computer science to people who practice meditation. The mental structures that are used in computer science are very similar exercises done in Buddhist monasteries.

When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom.

I was very immersed in the world. I'm very worldly. I love world. I was immersed in my career, in school, in teaching.

The process is not simply of constructing a new tonal from scratch, but reordering the one you have.