I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

It’s okay to dress up like another person, but never try to be someone else. Just try to be yourself, because that’s what makes you special. Oh, and watch out if a dragon ever starts to dance ballet.

There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.

Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind.

Whenever I eat a meal, I always leave the last bite on my plate. I don't know why, it's just a thing with me.

I've lost the one girl I found.

When people are really great at what they do there is no aggression because they are comfortable in their own skin. They know themselves well enough that you don't have anything to prove.

Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

All men of conscience or prudence ply to windward, to maintain their wars to be defensive.

It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.