Compulsion is the death of friendship.

Although wealth may not bring happiness, the immediate prospect of it provides a wonderfully close imitation.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.

We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth

We are always the most violent against those whom we have injured.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.

Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.

Sometimes you have to forsake what you want, to get what you want.

Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?

They sit there shouting "Don't do it." Someone told them revolution looked like the Cosby Show. A slight tug with a good lesson. Revolution is a tough struggle between what was and what needs to be.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Our consciousness, a startling outgrowth of the universe, is possibly its most important part, the fraction of existence that can think, feel, marvel at itself.

When someone who's always been in your life is gone, it's a stunning adjustment of your own identity.

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality. Look steadfastly into the slit, pinpointed malignant eyes of reality as an old-hand trainer dominates his wild beasts.

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music.

You have to keep a little bit extra fat on the body. The strength and conditioning guy is always all over me about it, but it seems to make guys bounce off me better.