Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you.

Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe.""'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.

He was shaken by an unwelcome insight. Lives did not add as integers. They added as infinities.

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling.

I think the work is always going to be much better when it's important and personal to you.

My life has been less like a light switch suddenly turning on, and more like a dimmer switch slowly turned up, over time, more in some moments than others.

The more workers you have in your organization, the better you are implanted in the working class, the more likely you are to come up with the concrete problems of the class.

He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

When you know your WHY, you'll know your WAY.

I tell ya, I know the best way to get girls. I hang out at women's prisons, and wait for parolees.