The earliest childhood memories are woven by shadows. And some of these shadows are woven from fire.

I have dedicated my life to a doomed struggle against reality and the things that cannot be otherwise

The junkie ignites his feelings with ugly synthetic substances, and the emotions that were meant to last for a lifetime burn away in full force in a couple of short years.

Dependence on drugs is not a disease, it is not a virus, it is not something that stalks only the dregs of society. Drug addiction is REALIZED EMOTIONAL DEFICIENCY SYNDROME.

Most people are dependent on legal drugs but this is somehow not an obstacle to seeing an enemy in every underground addict.

Usually it's like this: I sit down and drink with the idea of clarifying just where I am going with my life, and then, after a while, I am unable even to stand on my feet

The champion wins first, then walks into the arena. Everybody else walks into the arena and then tries to figure out what to do.

...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.

Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction.

You can't send me anywhere that I wouldn't be happy to go. You'd be surprised as to how that lightens the heart.

I always value people's opinions. I think a lot of people are really smart people, and when people say something, they do it for a reason.

Justified" is even better than "just as if I'd never sinned." It is also "just as if I'd always obeyed.

If God has nothing better to do than punish schoolgirls for a bit of tomfoolery, then I've no use for God.

The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class.

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him

Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.