It is more difficult ... to rule the King's favorites than for the favorites to rule the King.

What a rope of sand we are without a leader.

Does one ever see any ghost that is not oneself?

Even a fool can deceive a man - if he be a bigger fool than himself.

I think sometimes - do not we all? - that perhaps the present year is my last year and that all my busyness is foolish.

Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.

Quote of the day:"You are not a bad person.You are just a good person, in a bad place.

All perception is the result of electrical impulses in the brain - the world of the individual is tantamount to a highly advanced computer running and analyzing programs in its working memory.

I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies.

Youth is above all a collection of possibilities.

Opportunity looks a lot like work...

When I was younger, I never laughed. I was always sour. If I look at pictures of me from the past, I never see a smile. I think it came out of my insecurity. I had a lot of complexes.

Take it easy baby, take it as it comes - specialize in having fun!

My body is in accord with my mind, my mind with my energies, my energies with my spirit, my spirit with Nothing.

Let's not pretend that all of a sudden, this is some new system.

Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are