Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Eternity isn't some later time. Eternity isn't a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now which thinking and time cuts out. This is it. And if you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere. And the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life.

There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.

The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure.

Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'