Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Boredom can be a lethal thing on a small island.

I knew that poets seemed to be miserable.

Simply with a change of mind, you can change your life.

Our country doesn't win anymore. We don't win on trade. We don't win on the military. We can't defeat ISIS. We're not taking care of our great people, the veterans. We're not taking care of them.

You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic: Those are sort of three layers of repression.

Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.

Sometimes it is better to have someone you mistrust close to you, so that you can keep an eye on him - Chiron

If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.