The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

The dream we are living has absolutely no purpose other than our awakening.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.

to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go

We are called to love - it is our home.

I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.

The brain is a mystery; it has been and still will be. How does the brain produce thoughts? That is the central question and we have still no answer to it.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

From his moment of victory, a kinder, gentler Donald Trump - praise for the opponent he promised to jail.

The most reasonable man always manages, when he pulls the trigger, to become a dispenser of justice.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas.

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.