Oscar Wilde

True friends stab you in the front.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you’re living your life doesn’t matter. What matters is whether you’re comfortable with it.

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

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.

The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people. That’s what gives rise to dictators.

Very jaded and tired and depressed and cross…Must fill my mind with air and light, and walk and blanket it in fog.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

You gotta do what you love and really believe in it because that is your truth.

If you really understand Zen, you can use any book, even the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.

You either get it or you don’t. Become one of those who get it.

You know, it sounds like I’m bragging in some way, but as far as career stuff, there’s not that much stuff that scares me. I know what I can do well.

Now I’m a warrior.

Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

The ‘B’ stands for whatever, depending on the day…beautiful or bully

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.