"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all."

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."

"At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."