David Geffen

We all die unhealed

I think everybody thought I was crazy that I quit my job and started a management company in which I was managing one client – Laura Nyro.

Steve Jobs didn’t give a shit about money, and I do give a shit about money. I wanted to have a lot of money. I thought it would change my life, which it did, but not in the ways I expected.

Asking me to come work here is the dumbest idea you ever had. It has been a waste of a year.

When I go to see Iron Man 3, I’m not as enthralled as I was when I saw The Bridge on the River Kwai.

While several parties have expressed interest in buying the company, I’m not shopping it, I haven’t sold it and I’m not about to sell it.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.

If something is easy for you, work on it a little. If it’s hard for you, work on it a lot.

Faith is believing what you know ain’t so.

I’m essentially agnostic. I don’t have a problem with God. I have a problem with religion. I’ve chosen to live my life without the certainties of religious faith. I think they’re dangerous. Music is something that gives my life value and spiritual solace.

The ordinary mind is the way.

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize in our own being, we are enough.

Don’t worry that you won’t attain oneness. Work on it!

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now? Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

I would like to believe there is a God, but I think it is better to say I’m not sure there is a God and live your life with kindness and respect for people than to say I know there is a God and then do bad things,

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.