One forgets so quickly one's own youth.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.

For wisdom: read your Bible repeatedly and apply its truths often.

To those who much has been given, much is expected.

Sleep is for squares.

I look forward to the day when a mongolian idiot, treated biochemically, becomes a successful geneticist.

My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.

The nature of the mind is to jump all over the place, and it does, that's why meditation is so important.

Not every book is for every reader.

I consider myself a pretty hardworking guy and I like to play hard, play physical and play well defensively too.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool.