The suffering itself is not so bad; it's the resentment against suffering that is the real pain.

Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in a new manner under the influence of marijuana, and these apprehensions have remained valid in years of normal consciousness.

What if someone gave a war and Nobody came?

I want to be a saint, a real saint while I am young, for there is so much work to do.

Our heads are round so thought can change direction

I like the image of The Old Man and the Sea, of striving and succeeding but finding that the success was ghost success. In other words, in the long run, after a certain age, the motives for success, pride or oppressing people or getting power.

When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.