"Other than my marriage, the decision to get a Ph.D. was probably the best decision of my life."

“When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.87, Bantam

“It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.”

“Happiness is so awfully complicated, but freedom isn't. You're either tied down or you're not.”

“The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.”

“Ive worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.”

“The pursuit of individual happiness within those limits prescribed by social conditions, is the first requisite to the attainment of the greatest general happiness.”

“New York is my favorite city.”

“Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.”

Source : Ishmael Reed (1995). “Airing Dirty Laundry”, Perseus Books