Being weak is a choice, so is being strong.

The more you're obsessed by something, the better chance you have of achieving it.

Live your life by the hour, not by the day. What will you achieve in the next hour?

A lot of guys have better genes but if you work hard and consistently, you can outperform them.

Continuity is how you build a physique.

To be successful in bodybuilding you have to be a good observer

Back in the day I took a lot of supplements and tons of amino acids. Still do. But back then it was pretty unusual. That's how I got the nickname The Chemist.

So, knowing what you know now, if you had the chance to go back to, say, ’68, ’70, would you do things differently?

their heart grew coldthey let their wings down

The quiet between them had gone on for far too long now to pretend it was anything other than what it was. There were no more words

And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

Academic theology is false.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.

Come to the woods, for here is rest.

Death comes to us all. Press me again and you shall find yours.

I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.

I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.