Thus another friendship was dashed on the cruel rocks amid the storm of my self-destruction.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

Le ciel était absolument noir, il n'y avait plus d'étoiles, mais évidemment il en voyait une.

for what is religion if not a kind of madness, and what is madness without a touch of religion?

Oliver reached up for my hand and led me back into the living room area. “Can we try something?” I rolled my eyes. “Do I really have a choice?”“You always have a choice, Novi, ” Oliver said.

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

To understand what the outside of an aquarium looks like, it's better not to be a fish.

My films do very well on home video.

Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

Games are providing rewards that reality is not.

Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities. We have good and bad teas, as we have good and bad paintings - generally the latter.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.