He encapsulated his teachings in a single law: suffering arises from craving; the only way to be fully liberated from suffering is to be fully liberated from craving; and the only way to be liberated from craving is to train the mind to experience reality as it is.

Consistency is the playground of dull minds

There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination.

Nothing is beautiful, holy or sexy - but human feelings make things to be this way

It takes a tribe to raise a human.

The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud. Who was responsible? Neither kings, nor priests, nor merchants. The culprits were a handful or plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo Sapiens, rather than vice versa.