"I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am."

-- John Zorn

#Spiritual Quotes #Who I Am Quotes #Masters Quotes

“...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping its real unity. Any belief in Absolutes, whether the absolute validity of moral commandments, of authority of revelation, of inner certitudes, or of divine inspiration, erects a formidable barrier against progress and the responsibility of improvement, moral, rational, and religious.”
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“We all have to expand our capabilities to encompass the changing world, its growing diversity and, indeed, its complexity.”
“Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name.”
“Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing struggle to try and solve them, not from the vain hope of their solution.”
“The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.”

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