“ In a sky full of people, only some want to fly…Isn’t that crazy?

“ You do not need to leave the room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked; it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

“ Change is the essential process of all existence.

“ In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

“ lighght

“ Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

“ If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming.

“ The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

“ Procrastinate Now!

“ Voyager, in case it’s ever encountered by extraterrestrials, is carrying photos of life on Earth, greetings in fifty-five languages, and a collection of music from Gregorian chant to Chuck Berry, including Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground by 1920s bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, whose stepmother blinded him at seven by throwing lye in his eyes after his father beat her for being with another man. He died penniless of pneumonia after sleeping bundled in wet newspapers in the ruins of his house that burned down, but his music just left the solar system.