I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

When the Man waked up he said, 'What is Wild Dog doing here?' And the Woman said, 'His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'

Something I owe to the soil that grew-More to the life that fed-But most to Allah who gave me two Separate sides of my head. I would go without shirt or shoes, Friends, tobacco, or bread Sooner than for an instant lose Either side of my head.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.