Only everyone forgets how seldom our memory is accurate. Having more memory is just a way of distorting a greater amount of the past"p.193

A person’s life story is equal to what they have plus what they want most in the world, minus what they’re actually willing to sacrifice for it.

Everything in the universe is everything else. A man is a killer is a saint is a monkey is a cockroach is a goldfish is a whale, and the Devil is just the angel who asked for More.

It's taken me years of practice to learn how to act natural.

The time flies. The time flies feed on rotting clocks.

I do know that I fell in love with the moment of falling in love and I wanted to keep that moment alive forever, at the expense of all those moments to follow.

Desiree. It's like falling in love every night and having your heart broken every morning... Having more memory is just a way of distorting a greater amount of the past.

I bought a piece of God, ground to dust and mixed with alcohol in a glass bottle the colour of molasses.

One should use common words to say uncommon things

Our lives are bound up with the lives of others. Our joy is bound up with the joy of others.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow.

Chinese mercantilism is not free trade, but it is far better than American militarism.

Maybe I'll try to be more patient with morons.

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

I am always in the right place at the right time successfully engaged in the right activity whether I know it or not.

The movement is contagious, and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit.