You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Half the pleasure is in the anticipatin' of it.

Whoever pray, shall have a pure thought.

Knowledge is worth nothing, until it is put to practice.

Our relationship must be right with God before it can be right with man.

I woke to the sound of rain.

I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ

I was a surrogate for Obama; I helped fundraise. I'm still a supporter.

I just loved comedy as a kid and I think at some point, it just occurred to me that you could try it, and I did.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.