The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Matter is plastic in the face of Mind.

Maybe I live in the gates that lead to outbound international flights. Maybe that is home.And do I feel more comfortable at the departures or at the arrivals?

Metaphysics is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which it has.

Love is something sent from Heaven to worry the Hell out of you.

The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there, it's such an important part of who people are.

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.

God is not a luxury you can't afford; He's a necessity you truly cannot live without!

Life without the courage for death is slavery.

Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being..... doing.... having, or feeling.

A lot of people question how talented I am. But I'm a real dude and I know real things and I've seen real people get their head blown off.