"A woman is like whiskey. She evaporates a little over time, distilled by disappointments and grief. One can never predict if the angels will take the best of her or the worst. Only time will tell if the woman that remains will be bitter, dispirited or aged to perfection."

“Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.”

“The savor of the water mint rejoiceth the heart of men.”

“Freud pointed out, in his Problem of Lay Analysis, that it is extremely unlikely that a young man who would throw the best years of his life into the cloistered drudgery of getting an M.D. degree, could possibly make a good psychoanalyst; so he preferred to look for young analysts among the writers, the lawyers, the mothers of families, those who had chosen human contact. But in their economic wisdom, the Psychoanalytic Institute of Vienna (and New York) overruled him.”

Source : Growing Up Absurd" by Paul Goodman, (pp. 145-146), 1956.

“Shoes and clothing damage our ability to survive naked in the wilderness.”

“Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.”

Source : Randolph Silliman Bourne (1992). “The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918”, p.133, Univ of California Press

“I'm going to live my life like I've got one life to live.”

“Ask yourself... If my body were a metaphor for my life, what would the message be?”

Source : Denise Linn (2010). “Unlock the Secret Messages of Your Body!: A 28-Day Jump-Start Program for Radiant Health and Glorious Vitality (Large Print 16pt)”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com

“While von Clausewitz said, 'War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means,' when considering the welfare of our men and women in uniform, their families, our veterans and survivors, don't let politics drive your decisions.”