"What is Buddhism? Buddhism is not that the Buddha demands obeisance, demands blind faith, demands your belief, and then the Buddha gives you blessings. That's not Buddhism. A Buddhist is an investigator. An investigator of what? Of life. A researcher of life. A Buddhist wants to know more about life so that he can practice and improve on his life."

"A major component of the western myth is the belief that myth is a primitive and mistaken way of thinking about the world that has been replaced by science. Commonly, the word “myth” is now used to me…"

"The average "educated" American has been made to believe that, somehow, the United States must lead the world even though hardly anyone has any information at all about those countries we are meant to…"

"Hubris. They disliked questions unless there were clear answers. They believed so much in their method that they conjured up certainty out of undeniable risk."

"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of…"