all I wanted to do was sneak out into the night and disappear somewhere, and go and find out what everybody was doing all over the country.

listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot

fear life but don't die, your alone, everybody's alone, oh Cody Pomeray you can't win you can't lose all is ephemeral all is hurt

The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind.

Rocks are space, and space is illusion.

Last night I walked clear down to Times Square & just as I arrived I suddenly realized I was a ghost - it was my ghost walking on the sidewalk.