I had considered myself some kind of genius and had considerably underestimated the toils and difficulties encountered along the path to an art.

That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.

To hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.

desires are not killed by fulfilling them

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they have only themselves to think of.

He’s more myself than I am

If your thoughts are as tall as the height of your ceiling, you can’t fly above your room.

No one spoke more about hell than Jesus did, and the hell He came to save men from was not only a hell on earth . . .it was something to come.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."

It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing.

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music.

I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me.

Naw, man, I like big, hard, throbbing co- (stunned pause) ...I did not know that about myself.

I always say, don't be a Christian, be Christ-like. Don't be a Muslim, be Mohammed-like. Be Buddha-like. Emulate these great spiritual Masters and what they were teaching.