We all die unhealed
I don’t care what their [Guns N’ Roses] record is. If you need a blood donor and the only person who can give you a transfusion is Hitler, you take the blood.
I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
My dream was to make $1,000 a week, have a Cadillac convertible and an apartment on Ocean Park where I would’ve thought that would be nirvana.
My father died in 1960. He was an intellectual. . . . She made the money and he read a lot. He wasn’t successful or ambitious. He spoke lots of languages. There were times that kids said to me, ‘What does your father do?’ and I had to make something up because I actually didn’t know what he did.
The concept known as bal tashchit – ‘Do no destroy’ – has a special significance in Jewish tradition…We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong…We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.
I buy my clothes at J.Crew online. I’m a very casual guy.
Be kind to all creatures; this is the true religion.
Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.
To study Buddhism is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us, ‘How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.
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 wild geese do not intend to cast their reflections. The water has no mind to receive their images.
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
Being neededdoes not entail selfish pride or unhealthy attachment to the worldly esteem of others. Rather, it consists of a natural human hunger to serve our fellow men and women.
I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now? Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
I’m essentially agnostic. I don’t have a problem with God. I have a problem with religion. I’ve chosen to live my life without the certainties of religious faith. I think they’re dangerous. Music is something that gives my life value and spiritual solace.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
