But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;Live for others, and you will live again.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.