How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

The point is there ain't no point.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.

You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.

Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.

The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's umbrellas

There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.

Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.

Hidup hanya menunda kekalahan.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.

Credibility is what it is ALL about.

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

It was too important a matter, this talking to people, and listening to them, to do it lightly or often.

You can't make a date with enlightenment.

As my lama always told me, I learned that I practice better when I'm by myself.