Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

If I am seen as successful, it's all the more reason not to change - not to lose track of friends, not to be driven everywhere, not to go and get away from the world. That, to me, is real success: enjoying what you do, but being the same person.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.