The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.

When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.

When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself.

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

People live in sleep, do everything in sleep, and do not know they are asleep.

Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

I'm a huge fan of Big L. He is my favorite rapper.

Whether I'm in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as I get to entertain someone out there, I'm happy.

There are too many Destroyer records to just start rattling them left them off, but they're there.

Every hardship you endure and every failure you withstand could very well be the stepping stone to success and the realization of your God-given dream.

We do not need torture as an available instrument of interrogation.

Don't tell me what I can't do!

I don't think anyone cares whether you're working or not. I have the luxury now of not having to support anyone and not really needing a whole lot of money.

There is plenty of room to make a profit in a zero-carbon economy; but the profit motive is not going to be the midwife for that great transformation.

We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business activity will be a year from now.