Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place. There is no other reality.

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

Think it. Write it. Sell it.

I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one.

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

The present moment is a conspiracy of the total universe. To resist it is to resist the universe. Let go and flow.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual.

If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

Cause I shouldn't feel this way... Catch me I'm falling for you... and I don't know what to do.