After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. In other words, you can't go backwards and regain your ignorance, you have to move forward.

Modern materialists and religious extremists alike lack the spiritual animistic reverence for non-human beings that every culture once understood as a given.

Electricity for example was considered a very Satanic thing when it was first discovered and utilized.

When all that’s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, we’ll know what it means when the last human breath expires.

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.

Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that today is tomorrow's nostalgia.

Children and babies should be held in the most sacred regard. We feel that they're the most natural and true magicians.

No doubt, humans will do a lot of damage before we ultimately destroy ourselves. But life will continue without humans. New forms of intelligence will emerge long after this human experiment is over.

Immortal beings have been compared to stars, these are existences that linger on long after the death of the thing itself.

Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break the rules we rigidly establish for ourselves.

On the left hand path we take the direct route, which is much more strenuous, much more dangerous, and much more likely to cause you to fall.

Your vision helps the world identify you at the appropriate time.

Love is like life with or without justice, with or without fairness.

I'm angry at what's happening to America and angry with myself that I can't do more. I would be miserable if I couldn't bear witness.

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a talent for directing consciences see truth rise spontaneously.

A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

I know that I am more than my personality, my body, and my body image.

If singing a couple of songs in a benefit will help keep the Festival alive and known, well, how can I say no to that?

Cowards, I believe, are people who are afraid to embrace what they want or need in a natural, honest way.