“They light up a man’s inner stage with meaning.”

“It shrinks the corridors in which sensibile and rational thoughts have their place to dwell.”

“An honest man wants to retain whatever dignity it is he has, and to find ways to accrue more of it. “

“All of the virtues inherent in a man capable of fortitude, foresight and forbearance arise from the capacity to digest reality on one’s own terms, owing to a deep seated desire to know for oneself what is real, fantasy, true, false, right, and wrong.”

“Men are conditioned to struggle with life to such an extent that they are never touched by it.”

“All of this comes at the expense of a quality of attention that can only fill an empty cup…”

“To do any less, to leave out a fact, or to exaggerate, is as criminal as intentionally distorting the truth for personal gain.”

“The same conditions, the same circumstances, but with different clothes.”

“The mirror will tell you what is real if you wipe its surface clean and polish it to a bright sheen.”

“A negative state is always wrong when packaged in the wrappings of petty complaints.”