In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe.

I know too much from personal observation from how the poor and working classes live to be satisfied with a system which makes their lives one unceasing round of toil, deprivation and anxiety.

A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.

Every conversation, every failure, every opportunity is a chance to get better. Starting today.

Dangerous objects are glamorous places to be.

So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom.

What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes widely shared intuition, so obvious that we forget its provenance. We don’t see it, because we see with it.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

I love going to the factories of La Plata, or Little Havana and seeing them roll cigars. I get excited. To me it is more beautiful than a topless club

In the final analysis courage is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of existence, to the shocks which it is necessary to bear for the sake of realizing one's own nature.

Answers? Forget answers. The spectacle is all in the questions.

Forgiveness in no way requires you to trust the one you forgive. It doesn't mean the relationship must be restored. p. 61

The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.

God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.

Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.

It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.

I try not to get too cute for cute's sake.

Some guy is good at putting these verses together, and some guy is good at singing them. That's just the way it is.

There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

Nothing happens without a reason.

The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.