The twentieth century had a wonderful capacity for seeing nothing as the sum of everything.

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second.

All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal would be to belong to none, and to care for allbut who is capable of that?

Art is anything people do with distinction.

A good reputation is better than fame.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries.

The best live among us in disguise.

Imagination should be integrated with life, not turned into a separate activity, art, that monopolizes one's whole existence.

If more people start selling ugly produce we have a chance to crack the hunger and malnutrition problems in the U.S. (Almost 90% of us do not get enough fruits and veggies).

The ten thousand states of mind are hallucinatory. Hallucinations are real. Dreams are real. But there are some things more real.

Let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.

If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

I think its good to stimulate your mind.

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.

The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.