Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

If it’s not one god it’s another. Allah or oil. Jesus or Jewels. Lenin or lust.

These remedies that I provide in this book do not come any better than this. If they were any better, I would marry them!

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa - where today it is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground.

In justice is all virtues found in sum.

We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.

It was like watching a movie being played on the blank screen of his mind; the only difference was that he did not get bored, no matter how many times he watched it.

Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves.

Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.

I need more friends. It's kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends.