When it is recognized that there is nothing beyond what is seen of the mind itself, the discrimination of being and non-being ceases and, as there is thus no external world as the object of perception, nothing remains but the solitude of Reality.

Only one thing I'll say for the people watching television, the millions and millions of the One Eye: they're not hurting anyone while they're sitting in front of that Eye. But neither was Japhy….

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.

I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' - movies that became classics.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in in harmony with your dominant thoughts.

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.