The philosophy that prepares a revolution and the sentiment that underpins the philosophy have, in every case the two pillars of nihilism and mysticism.

Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.

True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.

Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart.

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.

Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.

The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.

By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.

For an artist to do creative work, he needs at once physical health and some physiomental ill health. He needs both serenity and gloom.

Anything can become excusable when seen from the standpoint of the result

As long as you know I am waiting, take your time flowers of the spring.

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.

... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.

1 realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

Attempts to extinguish me don't even bother me none. Like retarded kids throwing ice cubes at the sun, a victory against Immortal Technique will never be done.

People need to know more than what a piece of information means. They also need to know how the information matters.

Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop screaming.

Bernstein has been disclosing musical secrets that have been well known for over 400 years.

Guess the world needs both sun And the moon too Sad with what I have except for you.

Some days I'll be like, "You know what? Why don't I go to my daughter's studio and make a song?!" And then I don't! I don't know if I would have all the time it takes to put into a song.