Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.

Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.

The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Half of tradition is a lie.

But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind.

I never hear about dear Mike. I wrote Ellen Greene and asked about him and she replyed and never mentioned Mike but told me all about her roomatism. As if I cared about her roomatism.

Biggest obstacle in the way of success is the fear of failure.

We who walk the narrow line have stood for free thinking for thousands of years. Let us continue balancing within the world as we try to understand the space between.

I am the most militaristic person but you have to know when to use the military. Or have it so strong that nobody is going to mess with you, which is my ultimate goal.

Years ago, as I was beginning my professional career on Wall Street, I volunteered as a Big Brother in New York City.

To be modest means that you have something to be modest about.

I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.

The enemy of art is the enemy of nature; art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature; and what nature will he honour who honours not the human?

The three things a guy should want to change about his girl is her last name, address and her viewpoint on men.

for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.