I admire those believers who speak of such things with the same aplomb as if the'd just split a beer with God in the cabin next door.

Ideologies, like dogs, remain just outside the hermits door.

To be "modern" means refusing to worry about where the benefits of progress actually come from.

Compulsive reading relieves the anxiety that comes from tramping through the forest of meditation in search of clearings.

It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible...

Your willpower to achieve the goal ought to stronger than any obstacle.

Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing, Billy says.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself

Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.

I never knew until I came here to Hollywood that somebody could be really nice to you for years and really hate your guts. Happens all the time here.

The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.

People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.

I'm frankly shocked that Hollywood hasn't called me to do a superhero.

To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.

Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.