“Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.”

“A rat is neither good nor evil. It just does what a rat is suppose to do. From Phantom”

“Sick is a relative concept. Were all sick. The question is, what degree of functionality do we have with respect to the rules society sets for desirable behavior? No actions are in themselves sympt...”

“Smokings banned in my house. Cigarettes harm your body, he said, knocking back half of the bottle of beer.”

“What do we mean by crazy? What do we mean by mad? At what point is a person just different and at what point can we call it a disease and say that they are not responsible for their actions? Or are...”

“. We have this attitude that people become drug addicts against their will. That they couldnt possibly want this kind of life. But maybe thats not true. Maybe they dont want to live like other peop...”

“Dont work too hard. Try to maintain balance. Dont make work your whole life.”

“The more completely you can be yourself, the more fully and consciously you participate in the world.”

“Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind to yourself.”

“The seeking of a mate shall be undertaken with due preparation and care. A life-bond should never be contemplated as a light thing--unlike a legal union or sanctified joining, the sealing of souls ...”

“I dont have cookie-cutter relationships, Rumi. Women arent iPhone apps that I download and discard!”

“In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." ...”