Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

Words are so ridiculous sometimes. The don't really mean anything, but they're all I have.

Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have denounced it if he had known of it.

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them, and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of plants themselves.

Ignoring the expectations is what leads you realize the true potential

Elephants don't know anything about the world of ants; the peaks of mountains are oblivious of what is happening on the plains!

I always approach film as a fan.

Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will.

I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.