How can a man be so brave and so stupid, so gentle and so cruel, so warming and so detestable -- all at the same time?

All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting.

So much of 'normal, civilized' life is bull that you can't imagine... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd laugh at.

Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!

What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.

Life and death are the same...Leave karma to karma.

How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.

The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world - and the most dangerous.

.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.

Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as 'Call Me God') to KCMG ('Kindly Call Me God') to .. the GCMG ('God Calls Me God').

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.

If LOVE could talk to you about your relationship with food, what would it say?

Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement; it is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is a violent one.

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

Recognition is powerful, as long as it's authentic and specific. Whatever their level on the inverted pyramid, employees wants to feel needed and valued.

Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.

Read as much as you can, discarding negative or disturbing information. Learn by doing, and the Goddess and God will bless you with all that you truly need.