Quotes

One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not really daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true, either is true, or becomes true.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the alter of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Wars are won on the way that peace is established.

When you’re in your little room
and you’re working on something good
but if it is really good
You’re gonna need a bigger room
and when you’re in the bigger room
You might not know what to do
You might have to think of
How you got started sittin’ in your little room

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

The great thing about a labour of love is the love, not the labour.

It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality i accept.