"So young a child ought to know which way she's going, even if she doesn't know her own name!"
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"Once a year my back will go out and it'll be... it's like a sciatic thing and it's the smallest thing. Like I could be leaning over the sink to brush my teeth in a weird way and it happens."
"To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure."
"I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked and followed."
"What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience."
"The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth."
"After all this time, it seems to me like straight and fast is the only way out- but I choose the labyrinth. The labyrinth blows, but I choose it."
"Faithfulness in small things leads to faithfulness in great things, and never the other way around."
"...no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there's no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over it."
"Transparency painted in a picture produces its effect in a different way than opaqueness."
"Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated"
"To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables."
"To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness."
"The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way."
"Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way."
"Things do not always happen the way I would have wanted, and it's best that I get used to that."
"Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional chain reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. It becomes a way of life to stay awake, slow down, and notice."
"I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music."
"A flower is a plant's way of making love."
"Not everything comes together in the best way ever every day. It just doesn't."