My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul.

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.

Alcohol's a depressant, it will let me down later.

Wise people do not claim to know it all, they always choose to learn from others.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

When you find something funny search it for hidden truth.

I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

Humans create their own boundaries, their own limitations. We say what is humanly possible, and what is not possible. Then just because we believe it, it becomes truth for us.

A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists.