They were painfully clean. But inwardly they stank. Never once had they opened the door which leads to the soul; never once did they dream of taking a blind leap into the dark.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.

Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhereis felt everywhere.

Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind.

Find a pile of gold and sit on it.

For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.

When you spend seven years with a group of people and suddenly you're not together, it's very jarring.

If you go and watch the way the primitive tribes live, you will know what work is in relation to celebration. They work the whole day so they can sing and dance with abandon at night.

You cannot inspect quality into the product; it is already there.