"It was far too cold. The second..." - Quote by Socrates

“Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher”

“The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.”

“By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.”

“Cocaine was different. It kept saying, "You haven't had enough." I became an abuser almost instantly.”

“I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.”

“The ending of my experience with cocaine came in a periodic way. I would get high less frequently, I would use smaller amounts, and I would do coke for less periods of time. And that process just kept increasing and increasing until I wasn't using it at all. I didn't go on a program anywhere. I didn't join an organization or detox anywhere. I just slowly tapered off until it was gone. That was also true of my heavy pot use. I just tapered off until there was almost no use at all. And the same thing was true of drinking tons of beer.”

“I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile”

“The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.”

“We Californians are constantly accused of not having seasons, but we do. We have fire, flood, mud, and drought.”