Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.

The only rule is that truth must empower you, make you better in every way possible.

I’d seen weirder things than a haunted shoe, but not many.

Stop and think a little: Are you the victim of the system?

To all those who won't listen to my music because I don't smoke ganga, I say the hell with those people

Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.

My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.

You know, the people who do indie film and decide who gets those little budgets? They're mean, man. They're cold and very cool-oriented.

From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited any readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.