But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.

As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.

To heal your body, you must first heal your spirit.

Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself as well as from others than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture

There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering.

The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort.

Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its mutability and freedom from instinct . . . it is always within our power to change our nature. So it is actually the idealists who are on the mark and the realists who are off base.