What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
My passion has always been books and literature, and teaching.
You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?
The great thing is anytime you see an artist that has a piece of what I've already done, you can see it from afar. 'He's doing that lil' hammer right there' - whether it's the energy, the swag or the look - it's a blessing.