Bob Dylan

If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

She opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an Italian poet from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean.

Zen has no business with ideas.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

Zen mind is not Zen mind. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

Live happily in the present moment. It is the only moment we have.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. – Shunryu Suzuki

It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.

It’s not about approving or liking, but just being able to allow the world to be the way it is without resenting, hating, or judging it.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

We are desire. It is the essence of the human Soul, the secret of our existence. Absolutely nothing of human greatness is ever accomplished without it. Not a symphony has been written, a mountain climbed, an injustice fought, or a love sustained apart from desire. Desire fuels our search for the life we prize. – John Elderidge

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.