Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake.

Be careful of someone who starts asking a lot of questions about you. Start asking a lot of questions about them. Turn it around.

What is perfect? From the Zen mind, perfection is not being there.

The emphasis in tantra is not what you find yourself doing, it's on meditation.

The types of thoughts that you think create a state of mind. The reason you think the thoughts you do results from your level of power.

We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

You might have a warrior spirit in there somewhere, and it's just waiting for the opportunity to come out. If you do, you might be a candidate for the pathway to enlightenment.