If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.
I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.
I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself
I was just sort of moving through time.
You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.
When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.
When I was growing up in school, I wasn't the archetype of the classic American nerd; I was just different.
To think and to live missionally means seeing all life as a way to be engaged with the mission of God in the world.
I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.
he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence