I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and thats to get rid of all my other desires.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

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

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

Humility is attentive patience.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.