If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs

I guess if you want to know one single thing I'm about, it's that I'm against easy answers.

Going into the unknown is invariably frightening, but we learn what is significantly new only through adventures.

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.

The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.