If you want to see what a society really believes in, look at what the biggest buildings on the horizon are dedicated to.

Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'

Life will always be sorrowful. We can't change it, but we can change our attitude toward it.

The perfect human being is uninteresting-the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.

Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.