Bukko

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

I think us bad b*tc*es is a gift from God.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

No American ought to be compelled to strike for his rights. He ought to receive them naturally, easily, as a matter of course.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Everything in life I’ve worked hard for; what makes you think I’d do you different?

If you really understand Zen, you can use any book, even the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.

Old guys can still do fun things.