"In translation you have to get it right, you have to be precise in what you're doing. You have to attempt what they did in that language - say, in Arabic - and try to accomplish a version of that in English, and you're constantly serving two masters."

“There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.”

“Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.”

“I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that [do] matter.”

“I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstance and chance : life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life?”

Source : "White Fluffy Clouds: Found Inspiration Moving Forward". Book by Brandon Boyd, 2003.

“Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side.”

“I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities.”

“[As in the case of] alcohol prohibition, illegality has driven organized crime, sent countless people to jail, and killed many thousands. Repression does not work.”

“Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.”

Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “The Sympaty of Religions”, p.16