Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

The dream we are living has absolutely no purpose other than our awakening.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.

to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go

No matter how rich, powerful or handsome he is, he is still just a man.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

You can't really live until you are no longer afraid to die.

There is no sin in delegating. The sin is trying to do it all.

I fear the vermin that shall undermineSenate and citadel and school and shrine.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.

Coach Hedge grumbled as he tended their wounds. “How come I never get invited on these violent trips?