every answer one finds leads to ten more questions. The more we learn the less we know.

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.

Only Light can drive away the shadows, Darkness can never be diminished by more darkness.

The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.

You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.

Sometimes that´s all you need…, to know it´s not broken. To know you’re still whole and that you’ll heal.

And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control.

I don't even have kids. But at heart, I'm a kid myself.

I am vulnerable, starved for kindness. And when I receive it, I lose my mind.

Love is messy. It's not something that's real clean.

You can take art, you can have a baby, you can have a career.

Communication is not about speaking what we think. Communication is about ensuring others hear what we mean.