“Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.”

Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.

People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

In order to see a fish you must watch the water

Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.

When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.

When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.

Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?

Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they’re right.

They came back to the nest in the middle of April. They take separate vacations in the winter – the mother and father.

Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.

The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society.

One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East.

I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.

And it occurs to me that if I were aboard a rowboat floating in the middle of all the beer I’ve drunk in a lifetime,