Usually, autobiography is such an indulgence of the ego.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.

The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.

The silence of prayer is the silence of listening.

The natural object is always the adequate symbol.

My sincerity is my credentials.

We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong.

Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.