"…the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself."
"There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the Buddha. Obviously to ask that question is to look in the wrong direction, for the Buddha is everywhere. But just as obviously to ask the question is to look in the right direction, for the Buddha is everwhere."
"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."
"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses."
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there."
"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion."