“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.”
“Material possessions aren't important to me," I say breathlessly. "All that matters to me is yoga.”
“From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance”
“[A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with the others, and rejects those elements he finds not to his liking.”
“We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.”
“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”