From the plough to paper, from the wheel to house, from tool handles to sailing ships. Man would have been nothing without trees.

Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not mean there is no truth in it.

Writers were a strange sort; I knew that much from the newspapers.

To be respected, respect others.

Be in the Now Moment—don’t squander your energy on a past you can’t change or a future which has not yet happened.

Those who make objectivity a religion are liars. they are scared of human pain. They dont want to be objective, it's a lie: they want to be objects, so as not to suffer.

The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.

It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those that are animated by both fear and greed at the same time.

I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview. That was the first good review I got in 10 years.

Video games in some ways are too powerful, they have too much resonance with kids. And it's very easy to overdose on video games and to let the outside world go by.

If there had been no fear of failure, neither would there be any joy in success.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.