one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Imagination just wasn't up to the task of understanding unique and foreign sensations. It knew only how to dampen or augment what it already knew. - Juliette, Pg. 139

A thing worse than dying with nothing

I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

If there ever was a time in our evolution of consciousness it is now—the ground is prepared for this planting.

What you call types of mind are only mental ages.

People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

Anyone who doesn't think the government killed my father either hasn't given the issue much thought, or is insane.

Not to forget, you are speaking with General Yasser Arafat. It's true that I am an engineer. But also I am a general. And I am religious. I believe that no one can approach me except God.