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

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.

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 will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

Every problem has one immediate cause, many remote causes, long term and short term effects

There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.'

The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.

A man says to his mate: "My wife is a twin." His mate says, "How do you tell them apart?" The man says: "Her brother has a beard."

To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

He who has a mistaken idea of life, will always have a mistaken idea of death.

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, and eight hours recreation - Brigham Young

Keep your practice very simple and don't be too ambitious.

I'm just trying to make the best music I can possibly make and represent the new class or whatever. Myself and Cudi and Asher and B.o.B. That's all I can do at this point.