No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary.

Sexual love is a troubled and problematic relationship in cultures where there is a strong sense of man's separation from nature, especially when the realm of nature is felt to be inferior or contaminated with evil.

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

When one speaks of awakening, it means de-hypnotizatio n; coming to your senses. But of course to do that, you have to go out of your mind.

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

The sound of the rain needs no translation.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.