To do evil is more within the reach of every man, in public as in private life, than to do good.

The excess of the voluptuary, like the austerities of the recluse, triumphs in the suffrage of perverted reason.

Sound policy is never at variance with substantial justice.

Gratitude is a virtue which, according to the general apprehension of mankind, approaches more nearly than almost any other social virtue to justice.

To find by experience that friendships are mortal, is the hard but inevitable lot of fallible and imperfect men.

I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.

Happiness is the inner perception of calmness, tranquility and joy.

Mindfulness isn’t inherently Eastern, just as electricity isn’t inherently Western. Mindfulness is a quality of presence that’s innate in all human beings.

Why are you smoking? Why are you smoking so much? This isn't you...""You were my old addiction, so smoking became my new one.

It’s in our dreams that we pull people towards us.

Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.

I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now.

I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.