fate is not just whose cooking smells good, but which way the wind blows

One of my rules is: Never TRY to do anything. Just do it.

TIME is not a thing that's ours to lose.

The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy.

What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored?

One thing I do find in the "lost" generation or something is a kind of abhorrence of history, you know, like it's boring, dumb, or just not interesting. I think it's terribly interesting if you can get your head around how it relates to where you're standing right here and now.

We are taught to view pain as an enemy, not a teacher. But pain is the right hand of growth and transformation. Pain is in the history of all human wisdom.