Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature

God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in the middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes.

In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace.

Be not entangled in this world of days and nights Thou hast another time and space as well.

The world's deadliest poison, can be your own thoughts.

If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.

I guess when your heart gets broken, you sort of start to see the cracks in everything.

Been there, done that Sold crack, got jacked Got shot, came back Jumped on Dre's back!

Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all.

It's never too late to change the programming imprinted in childhood, carried in our genes or derived from previous lives; the solution is mindfulness in the present moment.