"There are ends, occasionally, with projects. That happens. But they are natural dead ends. It's usually the outside situation that demands an ending. I never really settle for one."

“The basis of the spiritual path is the development in ourselves of what is truly balanced, natural, and meaningful.”

Source : Tarthang Tulku (1977). “Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing, and Meditation”, Dharma Pub

“Creation was not finished at the dawn of this earth, but creation continues, and we have a lot to do to make the world a better place.”

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.”

“I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.”

“War has been with us ever since the dawn of civilization. Nothing has been more constant in history than war.”

Source : "War and peace". Robert J. Aumann's Nobel Prize Lecture, December 8, 2005.

“I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alternative viewpoints I can focus on the present.”

“Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative activity. No ruler could ever command men to fashion the first tools, first use fire, invent the telescope and the steam engine, or compose the Iliad. Cultural values do not arise by direction of higher authorities. They cannot be compelled by dictates nor called into life by the resolution of legislative assemblies.”

“Remember, the word "discrimination" isn't always pejorative. When an employer discriminates because an older worker lacks certain kinds of skills that are important in the market today, then it's almost a legitimate form of discrimination because the employer is just trying to figure out who can actually get the job done.”