Alford was going to start this fast the same way he had started everything else, alone and uncertain

Everybody, he mused had everything worked out. Except me

You can’t do it for someone else. No matter how much they motivate or inspire you, you have to do it for yourself. Your health is YOUR responsibility.

If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

If you attain liberation do not feel that it matters or it is important. You had nothing to do with it. If you are bound by ignorance do not feel bad. You had nothing to do with it.

It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.

Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.

I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with.

Man's best friend is his dogma.