Inspirational Seeker Gifts

Oprah Winfrey

"Good game."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"... and I have a follow-up question regarding rawhide."

"I'm afraid I can't green-light anything - you'll just have to pray."

"Son, it's time you learned the benefits of sitting around doing nothing."

Sometimes he just stood back and admired the breathtaking scenery of his life.

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

"This next one is called 'The Sermon on the Mount.'"

'You're through around here.. turn in your rubber donut!'

"Could you go back to the front desk? The receptionist has some forms for you to fill out."

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

Bright idea

"This could be the year someone actually goes up there."

'I'm just not sure how much more I can teach you.'

'Enlightenment isn't EITHER overrated!'

"Trust me Jesus, if you want to make a bigger impact work on being seeker friendly."

Eureka!

'Just ask yourself -- Are you better off now than you were two thousand years ago?'

'Wow! -- Talk about a paradigm shift!'

'Don't just sit there thinking. Meditate.'

'I think your father's had one of his big ideas...'

"Needs to get a life"

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

"How do you say ‘Where is the bathroom’ in Sanskrit?"

'Of course homosexuality is not a sin, handsome.'

'He attained Nirvana in two weeks? - he's GOTTA be using steroids!'

"Nature speaks to me of God’s presence, yet God is a total stranger to the restless world of men." "Why the #!@* is there no signal?!"

"Who plays ball with the Dalai Lama?" "That's right." "What's right?" "Who plays ball with the Dalai Lama." "Why are you asking me?"

Zenemies.

'A sitcom has to be quirky or formulaic. There is no middle way.'

"All we have left is standing room only."

A man deflates and dissolves into the ground and becomes a flower.

He avoids wrath, envy, lust, greed, gluttony and sloth -- the problem is he's proud of it!

'The meaning of life is dog food.'