I find the training of the mind that Zen puts people through is by far to me, the most interesting, one of the most interesting disciplines.

Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.

Your college education is a key moment in life.

Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to improvise and overcome the weight of routine and habit.

I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and languages, I'm always analyzing things.

People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.

The problem is that we humans are deep conformists.