Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Live simply so others may simply live.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.