"Cut brambles long enough, Sprout after sprout, And the lotus will bloom Of its own accord: Already waiting in the clearing, The single image of light. The day you see this, That day you will become it."

“The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.”

“Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.”

“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”

“Bicycles are pieces of art. You get that combination of kinetic engineering, but then, besides the welds, the paint jobs, the kind of the sculpture of it all is quite beautiful. Bikes have such great lines, and all different styles.”

“Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a standard measure and stopwatch management, and it also led to the requirement of interest-bearing currency to grow over time, the requirement of the expansion of our economy.”

Source : FaceBook post by Douglas Rushkoff from Aug 23, 2013

“I don't give concerts, I put on a show.”

Source : "Turn out the lights, blow out the candelabra: Liberace Museum closing" by Phil Gast, www.cnn.com. September 13, 2010.

“I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“The worst of lusts is vanity.”