Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

It’s my opinion that only in times of utter depression or lofty peace is it appropriate to be creative.

That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable.

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light.

When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you.

You tell me another gang that's got a dental plan.

The only one who knows this ounce of words is just a token, is he who has a ton to tell that must remain unspoken.

Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.

In one of his books my father said, "Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse."

A girlfriend? No thanks, I'd rather play nintendo and build my lego set!