It is only the promise of death that makes life worth living.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph

Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.

The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.

For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?

Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.

I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct.

You women listen more to your heart and less to all the nonsense. That's why you live longer.

I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.

More errors arise from inhibited indecision than from impulsive behavior.

I regularly interact with officers over tea; it is part of my working style.

Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives.

I identify more with people who ask each day for divine guidance than people equipped with a divine guidance system.

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.

Everything may happen.