Nobody will be able to forgive me but myself.

But only those who have aims and ambitions for the benefit, not of the individual, but of humankind as a whole can persevere to the end.

When will it no longer be necessary to attach special weight to the word 'woman' and raise it specially?

Happiness is to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm and not to pluck the lute in the moonlight or recite poetry among the blossoms.

The self is every person's true enemy.

In truth, it is I who have defiled myself, for one is one s own fiercest enemy.

Live and die your own way, unnoticed.

I wanted to escape from love, but didn't know how.

Happiness is to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm not to pluck the lute in the moonlight or recite poetry among the blossoms.

Do you not hear the constant victory, in the human footraceof time, slow as fire, sure, and thick and Herculeanaccumulating its volume and adding its sad fiber?

In high school, everybody rapped. You just pounded on the table.

If you had to pick between one or the other, I can't say which one is better; but I would certainly say, in my orientation, the light of samadhi is all-pervasive. Samadhi will free you.

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.

Having Respect for the world is when you allow people to be what they are.

The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd.

I'm always happy when I see something written on an album that wasn't just typed on a computer.

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it.

I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.

I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up.