The marriage vow is an absurdity imposed by society.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

Everyone has their own purpose on this earth. It's up to you to figure out what your purpose in life is. No one can make that decision for you.

you may always find good books to read but the best and the ultimate book to read is the Holy Bible

The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that's where I'm at.

Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

Dress how you feel and love what you wear because at the end of the day you have got to wear and feel great in it.

The true problem with virtual reality is that orientation is no longer possible. We have lost our points of reference to orient ourselves. The de-realized man is a disoriented man.

There is absolutely nothing that can be taken for granted in this world.

You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.