What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.

nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.

To be a climber one has to accept that gratification is rarely immediate.

To have a reason to get up in the morning it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A bumper sticker if you will.

I felt attacked because people rejected me. They didn't say "we can give you money to do something else if you want," they just said "no, this movie cannot be done" and I said "okay, so I'll do it!"

It is when people are told their own thoughts that they think they are being insulted.

Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard.

Easter means that Christmas worked.