Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is no affirmation of a deity.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

A thing well done is worth doing.

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog.

If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.