But now I see well the old proverb is true: That parish priest forgetteth that ever he was a clerk!

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

The more the merrier.

It takes nine tailors to make a man.

A fig for a care, a fig for a woe!

It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

When all candles be out, all cats be grey.

Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained.

Sow good seeds for a bountiful harvest of good fruits.

What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third best horse and win.

I hit the ball early and move my wrist a lot, so I get bigger angles.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness.

The other thing [my psychology professor] said to me was that I was always very mindful of the person who was away from the group, that I was always trying to bring them in.

When you lock everything down tight so that the pain can't get out, you also keep good stuff from getting in.

There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people have become no happier.

I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.