Windows are the eyes of the soulless

Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

Nonexistence never hurt anyone. Existence hurts everyone.

Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness.

It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense.

The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world.

Officially there are no fates worse than death. Unofficially, there is a profusion of such fates. For some people, just living with the thought that they will die is a fate worse than death itself.

Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous.

Consciousness has forced us into the paradoxical position of striving to be unself-conscious of what we are - hunks of spoiling flesh on disintegrating bones.

To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work

Put time and effort to promote your personal brand.

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.

I'm going to start a lot of companies. These are not sham companies. These are great businesses.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be.

The great white cold walks abroad!

Let your broken heart create an open heart

Win through your actions, never through argument.