"Here is philosophy alive and vital and real, bringing powerful ideas into transformative dialogue with actual lived life."

"Though the excessive rush of words might range far from the tranquility Needleman extols, they nonetheless wind up reinforcing the point that by living calmly, with a detached attention to detail and an absence of frenzy, it is possible to experience a more expansive, soulful sense of time."

"Needleman is much loved and respected by his hundreds of inquiring students. He himself is a sower of spiritual seeds."