Writing Quote by Mark Todd

“Mr. Zweig always encouraged his friends to set down their reminiscences, not necessarily for publication but for the pleasure and benefit of their children,…

— Stefan Zweig

A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Many people believe that the Zen lifestyle is something that is both mystical and out of this world, when in truth it is one…

— Alexis G. Roldan

“To pragmatists, the letter Z is nothing more than a phonetically symbolic glyph, a minor sign easily learned, readily assimilated, and occasionally deployed in…

— Tom Robbins

“Every person has lots of ingredients to make them into what is always a one-of-a-kind creation.”

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

“Z is for Zany! Master the Zany habit of thinking backwards. it will help you become a really great thinker!”

— Lucas Remmerswaal

A philistine is a full-grown person whose interests are of a material and commonplace nature, and whose mentality is formed of the stock ideas…

— Vladimir Nabokov

For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of crisscrossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible; his life is thus…

— Philip Kapleau

“Cynics are spoiled romantics. They are always the ones who had the highest expectations at the start. They were once so naïve themselves that…

— Lionel Shriver

PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently…

— Ambrose Bierce

Among the most remarkable features characterizing Zen we find these: spirituality, directness of expression, disregard of form or conventionalism, and frequently an almost wanton…

— D.T. Suzuki

The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one…

— D.T. Suzuki