Political men, like goats, usually thrive best among inequalities.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

True friendship strives for neither power nor weakness

Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap.

I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or happy. I am my biggest critic.

Start with local press first. Start with people you know. Don't pitch every journalist.

I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else

One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.

Words are intermediary between thought and things. We express ourselves really not through words, which are only signs, but through what they signify - through things.

It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.

I thought, If I'm gonna run a jazz club, if I've got Miles Davis' posters in my bar, I should at least know what his horn sounds like.

There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight.