The one thing in me more powerful than a general misanthropy is an inescapable compassion for individuals.

Blasphemy is the crime of not taking someone's beliefs as seriously as they do.

The hardest mistakes to learn from are those that lack consequence.

Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.

You can't NOT cross the street because you might get hit by a car.

You will need to know when to be assertive and wise enough to know when to exercise patience

Playing the running back position, your legs, that's your living, that's how you make your living. You have to have great thighs, knees, everything.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.

Silence is sorrow's best food.

Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

I never think I am successful. If I am successful, then I should be retired. If I am not retired, then that means I should still be working hard, keeping the company running.

It's at the very moment you want to give up on your dreams that you must expand them until they move you again.