Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.

Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!

The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

Can we not will ourselves to achieve the impossible? Can we not use the power of our life force to change something: one small thing, one insignificant moment, one breath, one gesture? Is there nothing we can do to change what is around us?