Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

Death is the final wake-up call.

If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

We are surrounded every day by people who do thankless but important work.

Unless the chairman decides to sack me, I won't be quitting.

I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present, because that is where I am destined to live.

Attitudes are caught, not taught.

Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.

You've got to be like a butterfly and have a metamorphosis.

Man suffers through lack of faith in God.

Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.