The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.

I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.

Nothing is unnatural - just untried.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.

I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.