Time is your cathedral. You know the present is only a pretty illusion in the minds of men. And I think you know that nothing has ever passed away, not entirely.

I loved this place when I was a kid. I still love it, but when I was a kid I'd take the bus down here and spend all day long reading in this room.

Compassion has more to do with the attitude we bring to our encounters with other people than with any quantifiable metric of giving.

The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.

The gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows.

True beauty isn't what you put on your face

Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man.

That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards.

Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

Turn your car into a monastery.

We clasp the hands of those who go before us.