
“Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.”
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
Source: Go Set a Watchman
“Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.”
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.”
Source: The Goldfinch
Source: Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
"Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972) Live performance (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6HeeuvTWo · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YapAxPfRyI
"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
Interviews
Context: For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stonewritten. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
"Bearded Oaks", Eleven Poems on the Same Theme (1942)