Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

You can eat alkaline foods until the cows come home, but if you're a miserable SOB, you're acidic.

The promise of a hopeful future is motivation for the pursuit of my dreams.

No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear But grateful take the good I find The best of now and here.

The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush.

One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.

The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next.

Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.

I think I infuse the music with a new passion. Part of this is because I have fallen in love: I am in love with the New York Philharmonic. The chemistry has just been right. Beyond expectation.

I never read in bed, only in my study.

You’re a solid person, Sage. You’re easy on the eyes, if a little skinny, and your ability to memorize useless information is going to totally hook in some guy.