In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest

Take it easy, but take it.

Was a great high wall there that tried to stop me. Was a great big sign there said private Property but on the back side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.

I love a good man outside the law, just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law.

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.

The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.

Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others rob you with a fountain pen.

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.

The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.

Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.

Treat yourself as your own beloved child.

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.