We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.

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.

A family is one of nature's solubles

When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read, " we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years.

Hopefully one day we will pledge allegiance to the Earth and ALL the people on it.

Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage(From LONE WOLF, p.50)

I don't want the money. I don't want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.

Stress is not so much what you do, but how you react to what you do.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

I wish to you, joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love