In with the new, out with the old.’ That’s what we’re told. We have to change, adapt, compromise.

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

Life is a wonderfully fine thing. Go live it.

Character and purpose are directly linked to confidence and conviction. What links them? Courage – to be oneself, no matter what others might say.

You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.

Change, it seems, is inevitable. And so is compromise.

Things today ‘sure ain’t like they used to be’. They’ve changed, moved on, progressed.

Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one’s self.

Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart.

The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting.

I’m a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There’s no middle ground, only madness and sadness.

Patience is the secret to good food.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

Zen is a very quick path. Zen is the path of meditation. The word Zen means emptiness or fullness, meditation. Meditation is the quickest path to enlightenment.

Give me those days with heart in riot, The depths of bliss that touched on pain, The force of hate, and love's disquiet- Ah, give me back my youth again!

Sacred texts always offend reason.

I really love things with melody.

We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.

He who helps destroy the boll-weevil has done as constructive work as he who plants the seed.

Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.