More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

Help yourself with the state! It's on democracy!

Work is a form of service to God.

Ain't we all been hurt by slavery?

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.

She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes.

The price of success: hard work, patience, and a few sacrifices.

And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.

We cannot help living in history. We can only fail to be aware of it.

I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews.