Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society ... fascism, a program for the social control of intellect.

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

Every Mistake Teach Us a Lesson

You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.

I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.

When I am weak then am I strong, Grace is my shield and Christ my Song.

One can do without solutions. Only the questions matter. We may share them or turn away from them.

I really like it. I really, really like it. Ah, ah, ah, ah...buried alive...buried alive.

It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of at the moment.

You must all, somewhere deep in your hearts, believe that you have a special beauty that is like no other and that is so valuable that you must not abandon it. Indeed, you must learn to cherish it.

Real happiness is not vulnerable, because it does not depend on circumstances.