Ben Lipka > Ben's Quotes

“All I've undergone I will keep on.”
― Trent Reznor

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
― Frank Zappa

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Sometimes I wish I could be like Teflon. I always admired that stuff. Water beads up on it and slides off, nothing sticks. You gotta have a little of that to be able to deal with what's out there. But... Teflon takes a shot and shows the damage. It cannot heal itself. That is our strength: we can heal. We can make ourselves stronger. You can be a bright light in a sea of shit, doesn't matter how big the light is as long as it shines. Get a hold of some of that and don't blow your brains out no matter how good an idea it sounds like at the time. Like when you wake up around three in the morning panicking from an attack from some unseen horror and you want to get out so bad.”
― Henry Rollins

“Our identity is fictional, written by parents, relatives, education, society.”
― Genesis Breyer P-Orridge