Quotes by : Peter Matthiessen

There is a difference between right and wrong, always was and always will be, but each man's wrong and....

The mystical perception (which is only “mystical” if reality is limited to what can be measured by....

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary....

In his first summers, forsaking all his toys, my son would stand rapt for nearly an hour in his sandbox....

Left alone, I am overtaken by the northern void-no wind, no cloud, no track, no bird, only the crystal....

And it is a profound consolation, perhaps the only one, to this haunted animal that wastes most of a....

The sun is roaring, it fills to bursting each crystal of snow. I flush with feeling, moved beyond my....

Transfixed by the bright gaze of a lizard, I become calm. This stone on which the lizard lies was under....

Zen has been called the "religion before religion," which is to say that anyone can practice, including....

Today most scientists would agree with the ancient Hindus that nothing exists or is destroyed, things....