I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Fear connotes something that interferes with what you’re doing.

Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.

The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others. That is our true richness.

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty to a mid-life crisis.

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions.

We're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know.

Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.