Eric Ripert Quotes

When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

Mary, my little girl, was confirmed in a Buddhist temple. She saw the Life write up on Buddhism, with pictures of the ceremony, and she said she wanted to be confirmed there because she only liked Jesus as a kid. She was a little disappointed in him when he grew up.

The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.

Taxidermy is the one thing I collect that I've never used.

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do

Today we can see many different forms of Buddhism, such as Zen and Theravada Buddhism. All these different aspects are practices of Buddha's teachings, and all are equally precious; they are just different presentations.

He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances.

A hiker who was lost in a blizzard said he stayed alive by digging a snow tunnel and burning dollar bills for warmth. Today he was offered a job as President Obama's economic adviser.

May we all be doomed to a happy life.

Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects humor as a contaminating element wherever found. America is a nation of comics and comedians; nevertheless, humor has no stature and is accepted only after the death of the perpetrator.

It's an irony of our times that men seeking peace must make war.

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.

Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.

I never thought of that before! It's my opinion that you never think at all.

My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission.

Faith ... that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue.

Luce: But I thought you said I should stay away from the hard cases. Arriane: Rule number two — don't listen to me!

I hate taking myself seriously. It drives me crazy!

I'm not disappointed - just disappointed.

I am a man of peace [so he told Mother, but it always appeared to me that he was the most belligerent man of peace I had ever encountered]

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.