The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.

A writers job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

The Christian Religion as I understand it is the best.

I knew his life deserved a chance/But everybody told me to be smart/Look at your career they said/Lauren, baby use your head/But instead I chose to use my heart.

As far as depths of geekiness... I have more friends in World of Warcraft than I do in real life!

The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.