To make a friend you must close one eye. And to keep a friend, you must close both eyes.

In my country, when we think about the future, we shake.

Most men overestimate themselves. It’s the only way they can reproduce. It’s why we’re all here, us humans. Overestimation.

If it’s not one god it’s another. Allah or oil. Jesus or Jewels. Lenin or lust.

Why ruin the present by talking about the past?

I believe in the goddess of mystery. And she’s always pregnant!

After all, the whole of humanity was anchored by inventions, contrivances, unrealities. Xiao Li lived on dreams, as most people do.

A kite only flies if it’s tethered.

Hungry for what? Money? No. Power? Over people? That was like having power over clams.

It’s only a cut, a reminder of this day. A reminder to ask every day, Why am I doing this?

The people need a strong leader. They feel insecure if they don’t know who to fear. Isn’t that why god was invented?

Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

The self is every person's true enemy.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

Making art is a rite of initiation. People change their souls.

The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence.

Music for me, it demands full concentration.

Look, that homeless guy is sleeping on my face. New York really is where dreams come true.

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.