Desire for power is a kind of greed indulged by the unfulfilled

Day offers two equally necessary sacraments - the benediction of morning and the absolution of dusk. In the morning coffee blesses and in the evening wine absolves.

And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself but never absorb the work ethos.

After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.

Snobbery management is as difficult and necessary as anger management.

To learn to die is to learn to live. Death is the giver of life.

Snatch religion back from the clerics and literature from the critics.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

So, am I some sort of Savior? Not hardly. Save yourself the worry about needing to be saved from anything.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.

Rekindling hope, engaging in inner work, and venturing into the world amount to a complete plan for picking yourself up when you're down.

Muslims have never been and never can be so base as to expect any solutions to their problems through terror.

I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring/Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening?

The reason that women do not love one another is - men.

There's a certain balance between finding an opportunity to do what you really enjoy and getting caught up in the flattery of people wanting you to do things.

The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.