When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.

I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.

I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts.

When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy.

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.

Something good always happens at 4:20 for me.

The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.

Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

Boredom is a disease, too.

Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.

Friday night was the night most people thought they were supposed to have fun. Trouble was most people didn't know what fun was or how to have it, so things usually ended up pretty ugly.

The cost to reconnect animals to live in natural settings without human support is a debt that many animals in transition must honor with their lives.

You count the hours you could have spent with your mother, it's a lifetime in itself.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

The Daily Show was an incredible training ground for that kind of thing. It was all about discipline and generating material constantly.

We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us.

The voice I had accepted as Divine Guidance was actually the voice of my ego leading me right into destruction.

Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

If I ever find myself overwhelmed, it's only because I am overwhelmed by how much more I want to learn. That is what drives me.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.