Note to self: don’t throw things at girls.

There are two types of visions. Those that will happen no matter what, and those that can be stopped. Now more than ever, I wish I could tell them apart.

Do good. That’s all any of us can do.

People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it exists and its power is quite extraordinary

My cat has been Petrified.I want to see some punishment!

Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

Seeing occurs, of course, through stopping thought. Thought is the fog. When thought stops in meditation, at any point, when there's no thought, we see the other shore.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

Power must never be trusted without a check.

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.

One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale.