"It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part what does it cost to add a smile?"

"All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone."

"Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live."

"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth."

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."

"My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it."