“The term spirit might have evolved in a mystical fashion, but in todays civilized and thinking society, it refers to simply your inner self. Spirit is the self, and the self is the soul. Hence, a s...”

“Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.”

“If history has shown anything, it is that where there is a God, there is an institution trying to lock up that God in its lifeless structure of orthodoxy, in order to have authority over people and...”

“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would be disavowing the entire peace-loving Muslim population of the world. We cannot leave ou...”

“Those who preach bookish religion are the greatest atheists of all, because they dont have the slightest idea of neither God nor religion. Their beloved religion is their book. And their God is in ...”

“I dont see doctrines, when I talk about religions. All I see are different experiential realities of the one and the same neuronal Kingdom of God.”

“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

“All my life I've been surrounded by people who are smarter than I am, but I found I could always keep up by working hard.”

“Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring--this is one of the harshest human miseries.”

“Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose ...”

“Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles...”

“. . . for any worthwhile martial arts skill to be pragmatic, it has to be done live, otherwise it is of limited or no use in actual combat”