"A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter."
"There is nothing at all that can be talked about adequately, and the whole art of poetry is to say what can't be said."
"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
"The menu is not the meal."
"Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun."
"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."