There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.

There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the Buddha. Obviously to ask that question is to look in the wrong direction, for the Buddha is everywhere. But just as obviously to ask the question is to look in the right direction, for the Buddha is everwhere.

Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV it's a shame more people don't switch over to it.

The only zen thoughts you can find on a mountain summit are those you brought yourself.

Substance is a subspecies of value. When you reverse the containment process and define substance in terms of value the mystery disappears: substance is a "stable pattern of inorganic values." The problem then disappears. The world of objects and the world of values is unified.

The ultimate test's always your own serenity. If you don't have this when you start and maintain it while you're working you're likely to build your personal problems right into the machine itself.