Birth Quotations | Page 4

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you'll experience the assurance of no rebirth.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

What identity thieves are after is a profile, and a profile includes a home address, your birth date and your Social Security number. We have so many employees working out there with false credentials.

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

When you're playing music, say for instance, you're playing a part of the band and you're looking at your music, your horn is down into the stand. This way, it's

I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.