There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

The philosopher in the bedroom is as ludicrous a figure as the philosopher in the nightclub.

There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

Consciousness is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.