"It's all about discipline - and having an inner calm. That's one of the main driving forces for me when I step into the ring - you can’t have a fight and lose your temper. You need to remain calm and focused when everything around you is in chaos. It's a similar thing for the buddhists - they remain calm and disciplined in the hurly burly of everyday life."

"What is the difference between merely knowing and understanding? ...A thing or idea seems meaningful only when we have several different ways to represent it — different perspectives and different ass…"

"Harry Dresden: Pain is a part of life. Sometimes it's a big part, and sometimes it isn't, but either way, it's part of the big puzzle, the deep music, the great game. Pain does two things: It teaches …"

"Androids tend to blur the line between living and non-living. Especially in a case like the Human Torch, where his origin tends to establish him as something much more than a clever assemblage of non-…"

"In the time of Pythagoras that proverbial phrase Ipse dixit was introduced into ordinary life."