Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Beautify your inner dialogue and it'll open the doorway to creativity

Life moves very fast. it rushes us from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.

What other people believe shouldn't (be allowed to) hurt me.

I am a survivor of domestic violence.

There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices.

Your brain is always eavesdropping on your thoughts. As it listens, it leans. If you teach it about limitation, your brain will become limited...Teach your brain to be unlimited.

God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle—or instruction.

The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?

And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail for.

If you can't read the scoreboard. You don't know the score. If you don't know the score, you can't tell the winners from the losers.