A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Our audacity must be rooted in our humility.

We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.

If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?

The quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention.

There is only one path, though there are many ways to experience it.

O MY WIFE-who made the writing of my previous book a pleasure and writing of the present one a necessity.

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

That penny farthing hell you call your mind

That's Right! I Own the WCW!