Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

A man without words is a man without thought.

All great and precious things are lonely.

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Courage and fear were one thing too.

Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

We avoid risks in life only to die, and end up facing the greatest risk which is having lived life risking nothing at all.

Keep on questioning. Keep on searching.

All you need is a dream to drive you nuts.

Dignity has no price, when someone starts making small concessions, in the end, life loses all meaning.

You can become what you want. You have an army of angels behind you.

Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.'

How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching... just looked, simply and innocently.

The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world.

I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid