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Everything a human being wants can be divided into four components: love, adventure, power and fame.
The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem-and in my esteem age is not estimable.
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.
…solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition…
In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of the memory of a lost home or the hope of a promised land.
[On her first meeting with he ex-husband, Steven Seagal:] He reminded me of an alien.
If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
From my close observation of writers…they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.
Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.
Let thine occupations be few,' saith the sage, 'if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.'
