from the beginning, through themiddle years and up to theend:too bad, too bad, too bad.

if you have to wait for it to roar out ofyou, then wait patiently.if it never does roar out of you, do something else.

if it doesn’t come bursting out of youin spite of everything, don’t do it.unless it comes unasked out of yourheart and your mind and your mouthand your gut, don’t do it.

no concept of danger, reality, flow or compassion. you can feel the despair escaping from their machines, their lives as hopeless and as numbed as yours.

Never declare fate your enemy

Straight As might improve chances for a job but talent improves chances of a promotion.

It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of men.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

Young people need models, not critics.

Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of the deal. I'm not really sure what's going to come out of my mouth.

Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.

Everyone is special in their own way.