"Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis."

“I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.”

“Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That's why they call it the 'Fists of Fury.' Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not mad at any human being because I'm a human being.”

“History is not just about the past. It also reveals the present.”

“And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader is going to be the risk control.”

“I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.”

Source : Richard Wagner (1994). “Pilgrimage to Beethoven and Other Essays”, p.66, U of Nebraska Press

“Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they need from it. And that's part of the reason I write like I do, so I can leave the holes in the right places so people can say, 'Yeah, that happened to me,' and they're able to have their own little fantasy about it.”

“I believe our country is strong enough to be criticized.”

“I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad; I just don't think of it.”

Source : Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com.