The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

There are no ordinary moments.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.

The warrior is Here, Now.

Where are you? HereWhat time is it? NowWhat are you? This moment.

You have tried to be superior in an ordinary realm. Now you must learn to be ordinary in a superior realm.

Enlightenment is not an attainment, it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.

This long ride is the blood my heart bleeds...

A misfit is like the round peg that cannot fit into the square hole or the running river that just can’t stay still.

[On sociability in Italy:] You may be a hermit or an innkeeper.

In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.

I was born to find goblins in their caves / And chase moonlight / To see shadows and seek hidden rivers / To hear the rain fall on dry leaves / And chat a bit with death across foggy nights.

Be who you are. Otherwise, you end up committing suicide. You end up marrying people when you shouldn't be marrying them and having terrible, secret lives.

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

Blame is a bitter and indigestible thing, even when the blame is a coat you cut for yourself, even when you stood right there and got yourself measured so you could wear it right.

So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.