A lofty sense of independence is, in man, the best privilege of his nature.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

The simple act of caring is heroic.

Living miserably isn't what your destiny is made of. Therefore, always give yourself enough reasons why your life is nothing but a blissful journey.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero one really appreciates everything one does have.

It is the sternest philosophy, but on the whole the truest, that, in the wide arena of the world, failure and success are not accidents, as we so frequently suppose, but the strictest justice.

In the middle of L.A.'s sunny non-winter, I need to sit in a dark closet to feel right.

Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption.

I love America. We've got the only system that works - it keeps everyone hustling.

I know this body is impatient. I know I constitute only a meager voice and mind. Yet I loved, I love. I want no sentimentality. I want no more than home.

I'm a partner in a company called Helicopter Services and Instruction out of New Jersey.

The Truly Healthy environment is not merely safe but stimulating.