The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

The Zen expression “Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

If you want to win a game of life, there is only one way — you must be unpredictable. Otherwise life will never forgive such a deadly sin.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing and doing it assiduously.

I'm not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.

My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica, Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah, Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.

Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the music, is a hugely internal one.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

Reaganomics, that makes sense to me. It means if you don't have enough money, it's just because poor people are hoarding it.

You can't keep a cool head when you're drowning in love. You just trash around a lot and scream, and wear yourself out.

Then why are we being shot at? (Syd) ’Cause the sonofabitch can’t tell time. (Steele)

I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.