The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

First, you need to realize everything you thought you knew about yourself, about me, is a lie.

I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place.

Suffering! ... We owe to it all that is good in us all that gives value to life we owe to it pity we owe to it courage we owe to it all the virtues.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.

Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.

There’s no such thing as trust unless you have unanswered questions in your life. If you know everything, theres nothing to trust God for.

We have strayed from the Immortal's ways And worship with a dull and senseless mind Idols, the workmanship of our own hands, And images and figures of dead men.

In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.

The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.