Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.

What's simple is that everything good comes from God, and everything bad comes from man. Where it gets complicated is that everything seemingly good but ultimately bad comes from man, and everything seemingly bad but ultimately good comes from God.

No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't.

After each of his books, the writer, for a while, feels once again that he can now die happy.

Law without reason is criminal.

Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.

One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.

Peculiar I say, how so often the smallest, most seemingly insignificant details later unveil their faces as vital means for progression.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.