“We invent ourselves out of ingredients we didn't choose, by a process we can't control.” — Lew Welch Copy Share Image
Step out onto the Planet. Draw a circle a hundred feet round. Inside the circle are 300 things nobody understands, and, maybe… — Lew Welch Circles Copy Share Image
“I am a Beginner. What the others are I don't really know. All I know is I am wiped out every six… — Lew Welch Death Copy Share Image
“Living is made up of these little things - a day to day business punctuated with things seen, seen best when we… — Lew Welch Business Copy Share Image
The worst Persian voluptuary could never have imagined my most ordinary day. — Lew Welch Ordinary Copy Share Image
“ALRIGHT then, be a Zen monk. But you wait and see. You'll be happy and bright. You'll laugh. People will envy and… — Lew Welch Copy Share Image
“Christ, will I ever find someone who is not crying inside?” — Lew Welch Crying Inside Copy Share Image
Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight. — Lew Welch Buddhism Copy Share Image
“THE BASIC CON Those who can’t find anything to live for, always invent something to die for. Then they want the rest… — Lew Welch Copy Share Image