"Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself."

“As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting religious principles and teachings, they start drawing these lines and creating confines in their life to live within certain lines.”

“The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.”

Source : Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt (1857). “Remains and Miscellanies of the Rev. R. Cecil: To which is Prefixed, a View of His Character”, p.244

“Who you truly are is a place of no particular thing, but all things at once.”

“My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.”

Source : S.G. Browne (2009). “Breathers: A Zombie's Lament”, p.17, Three Rivers Press

“Do what is right, and the reward will be immediate and multitudinous. Think what is right, and your authority will grow.”

“I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.”

“You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.”

“You want ass? The cash is first. You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse.”