Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Falling in love might be the hardest one, as it encompasses a lot.

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.

I get physical, mystical, very artistical... Giving party people something funky to listen to.

I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible.

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands.

Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease.

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

All cats are grey in the dark.

Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. The three keys to a spiritual life.