To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.
I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.
Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
So vast is that Being that there's enough room for every sensation to have its momentary play.
The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight.
Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear, The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory.
You have to be kinder to yourself, because it's a part of being good.