Taoist philosophy is essentially monistic. Matter and energy, Yang and Yin, heaven and earth, are conceived of as essentially one or as two coexistent poles of one indivisible whole.
The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.
Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.
In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.
If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?
I had a faux-hawk for a while and I used to buzz the sides and design it. It was really bad.
We decided to focus on women because no one was singling them out.
It seems to me that the most universal revolutionary wish now or ever is a wish for heaven, a wish by a human being to be honored by angels for something other than beauty or usefulness.
There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with.