One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf.

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge.

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom.

People who fill you with positivity, who make us see the brighter side of life are our best friends. Cultivate them, hang on to them and never let them go.

I used to worry about my Fears, but I realized that most of the time nothing bad happened. So, I have stopped worrying.

As long as there is worldly life, one is going to attain physical body, and as long as there is a body, there will be worldly miseries and troubles.

If I can't have a revolution, what is there to dance about.

How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.

Don't tear your hair out over a woman; it'll be harder to attract the next one if you're bald.

There Lives More Faith in Honest Doubt, Believe Me, Than Half the Creeds. - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.

Powerful people affect many others and if I can in some way contribute to their awareness, they will put out better energy to millions and millions of people.

I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.