...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.

It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.

I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.

Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

I hope that I’m a good man ... it would be enough.

My artwork isn't evolving, it's deconstructing, and I don't know why.

With me, everything turns into mathematics.

Granted, this system is insane, but we must not let sanity stand in the way of airport security.

I feel like I have the fortune of privilege, particularly as it relates to my children.

Every experience, however bitter, has its lesson, and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness.

Photography is Photography; And in it's purity and innocence is far too uniquely, valuable and beautiful to be spoilt by making it imitate something else.

Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.

What was Dionysus going to go? Send him back to his hellish isolation? He’d been there, done that, and had the Ozzy T-shirt to prove it.’ (Styxx)

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.