Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance.

No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in.

Nobody sees with his eyes alone; we see with our souls.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.

Sin, guilt, neurosis—they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Stick to Zen. Fuck the work .

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.