“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.”

This one’s actually an adaptation of some dialogue from a Toni Morrison novel, “Song of Solomon,” (page 179).

“Can’t nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”

Whoever first thought to pass this off as a quote from the Buddha made a wise choice in dropping the word “shit,” which is a dead giveaway.