A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Bio: Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman was an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and columnist for Texas Monthly who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.