I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
When you are in the field of creativity, you lose track of time. Only the flow exists.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.
I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures.