All human accomplishment has the same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are happening to me as I grow older.

Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine.

To try and fit reincarnation into a neat mental package is very unwise. You will be very surprised when you discover that it doesn't work out that way. Your illusions will be painful for you.

Every trait of beauty may be traced to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, and heroism.

It is a cup final and the one who wins it goes through

She had a big ole booty, I was doing my duty.

In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

I'm a heterosexual. I don't know why I'm like this. I was just born this way.