I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that`s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

That which costs little is less valued.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

A person preaches well that lives well.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.