All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.

Nature is what we know - Yet have not art to say - So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity.

Knowledge has no enemy except an ignorant man.

....the songs are universal enough that in ten years time they should still hold up quite well.

As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ.

Watching the moon at midnight, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.

The stereotypes we pretend that we reject are ingrained in our DNA.

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.

Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.

I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.