Awareness means the capacity to see a coffeepot and hear the birds sing in one's own way and not the way one was taught.

Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

Love is nature's psychotherapy.

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

It is better to be a slave to your beloved woman than a free man to the unloved one.

Some say that one-sided love is better than none, but like half a loaf of bread, it is likely to grow hard and moldy sooner.

A winner fulfills his contract with the world and with himself. That is, he sets out to do something, says that he is committed to doing it, and in the long run does it.

Life happens when you get lost in a dream.

The moment you start building or doing stuff beyond your knowledge, soon you will end up by demanding time.

I feel Motown really exploited me.

If at first you don't succeed, you can always become an ultramarathoner.

I don't like venison or sushi - I don't want to eat what some people think are 'luxurious' foods.

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

Everything we need is already there. The challenge is letting go of all our stuff in the way.

Let him have the key of thy heart, who hath the lock of his own.