I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.

since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light

I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row.""There are some real weirdos down there.""They're everywhere.

I didn't know if I was unhappy. I felt too miserable to be unhappy.

Anything, anything to stop drowning in this dull, trivial and cowardly existence.

You have a choice, you either give it your best, or alternative you give up. Don't look back upon your life with regret, make the changes you want and make them now!".

It's not all about mountaintops. Mostly it's about training so that you'll know the mountaintop for what it is when you get there.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.

I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

Global warming, you don't win it. It's this weird steady-state issue that's going to be with us for a few thousand years.

I think there is a place where self-awareness becomes self-preoccupation if you don't take what you have discovered and bring it to bear on the conditions of the world.

Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation.