In church I was told that if I so much as smoked a cigarette or tasted alcohol, I’d be damned in hell for all eternity... it didn’t take long for me to start thinking that sounded all wrong... I didn’t cotton to the idea that your religion should be flaunted to other people. Your religion is for you, and is best kept close to your heart.

Willie Nelson

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I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

Willie Nelson

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I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs......When I was on drugs I couldn't even find my bike.

Willie Nelson

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If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.

Willie Nelson

gone waiting dream

We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.

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There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

Willie Nelson

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If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson

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God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.

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The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

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As adults we try to relax from the never-ending quest for reason and order by drinking a little whiskey or smoking whatever works for us, but the wisdom isn't in the whiskey or the smoke. The wisdom is in the moments when the madness slips away and we remember the basics.

Willie Nelson

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Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.

Willie Nelson

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I learned some invaluable lessons in Nashville that apply to both farming and show business: Do not corner something you know is meaner than you; keep skunks of all kinds at a distance; if you forgive your enemies, it messes up their heads.

Willie Nelson

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Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

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I like marijuana because it keeps me from killing people. And I think there are a lot of people out there who are just like me. The reason it's not legal is because most people get up in the morning and get high, then forget to go out and vote for it.

Willie Nelson

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When evolution has been outlawed, only the outlaws will evolve.

Willie Nelson

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If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

Willie Nelson

right-now ifs

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.

Willie Nelson

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I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday's gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.

Willie Nelson

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I don’t believe in adhering to any rules I don’t support and I didn’t vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you’ll be happy.

Willie Nelson

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