"No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now."

"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."

"You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes."

"But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something."

"Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us."

"Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem."