Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.

I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.

Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it.

Running and meditation are very personal activities. Therefore they are lonely. This loneliness is one of their best qualities because it strengthens our incentive to motivate ourselves.

If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.

What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.