"Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep."

“Everyday can be extraordinary And ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there.”

“Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.”

Source : "Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2011.

“The point to remember is that a giant leap into space can be a giant leap toward peace down below.”

“Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.”

Source : Tahir Shah “Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition”, Lulu.com

“For we need this thing wilderness far more than it needs us. Civilizations (like glaciers) come and go, but the mountain and its forest continue the course of creation's destiny. And in this we mere humans can take part-by fitting our civilization to the mountain.”

“Love and generosity are the simplest forms of peace.”

“There’s too much beauty upon this earth For lonely men to bear.”

“I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.”