"The research reading I did for Fascination and Liberation included some Jung, and I noticed that he had a similar impression of Buddhism to myself, that, if it weren't for certain qualifying clauses, the philosophy would be downright suicidal."

“Struggle is what it means to be alive and free.”

Source : David Budbill (2012). “Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse”, p.43, Copper Canyon Press

“For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.”

“They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.”

“One long step there and you're gonna die.”

“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.”

Source : John Burroughs (1908). “The Writings of John Burroughs: Leaf & tendrill”

“I think what is happening is that Houthis and the Iranians have common interests, but there's very little good journalism that's been done to uncover the true extent of that relationship between the Houthis and Iran. But, obviously, I do think that they - they benefit from the rhetoric of the Houthis on the ground. But, also, they do have a connection, but not to the extent that is being covered in the media at the moment by describing them as a Shia militia backed by Iran. I think that's an overstatement.”

“Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean energy could be the first step on a path to global peace and global democracy - even in today's deeply troubled world.”

“I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.”