He was a philosopher, if you know what that was.’‘A man who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and earth, ’ said the Savage promptly.‘Quite so…

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

No social stability without individual stability.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Never worry about the Past, it brings Tears. Don’t think too much about the Future, it brings Fears. Live in the Present Moment with a Smile, it brings Cheers!!

Love without judging. Love without reason.

Some commit slow suicide with the sweet poison of their memories.

The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in it more fully than any other people.

If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer.

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

. . . . spending more time with my fly firmly attached to the branches of trees and almost none of it attached to the lips of a trout.

The revolution will come from the people and the willingness to work towards something better, to fight for a better living.