Peter B. Lewis famous quotes

The joy of juxtaposition is endless.
-- Peter B. Lewis

#Joy #Perception #Juxtaposition

I don't believe that laws against things that people do regularly, like safe and responsible use of marijuana, make any sense,
-- Peter B. Lewis

#Believe #Marijuana #Law

Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.
-- Peter B. Lewis

#Father #Cities #Iron

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.
-- Peter B. Lewis

#Thinking #People #Giving

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.
-- Peter B. Lewis

#Want #Flow #Philanthropy

Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish.

Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness?

Joy is a light that fills you with hope and faith and love.

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.

Justice is juxtaposition in us Justice for all just ain't specific enough.

To create is to relate. We trust in the artist in everybody to make his own connections, his own juxtapositions.

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

I think a lot of what I do musically is about juxtaposition and contrast.