He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.

Some men spend their lives looking for ways to punish themselves for having been born.

The sea was surging among the pilings like the blithe mindless forces of dissolution.

Pour alcohol on a bundle of nerves and it generally turns into a can of worms.

In wine was truth, perhaps, but in whisky, the way Hoffman sluiced it down, was an army of imaginary rats climbing your legs.

We are all 'right' if we are being truly ourselves.... that is the best we can be in each moment, until we learn more...

Energy is like money; once spent, it's gone. However, it is possible to make an investment, as opposed to an expenditure, that yields a return.

Try to read books about meditation, but not so many different viewpoints that they get confusing. There is no best way. It's just what works for you at the time.

It's good to be funny when you are a comedian.

[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

Whosoever will reign with Christ in heaven, must have Christ reigning in him on earth

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.

There are hundreds of good reasons for having a cat, but all you need is one.