A creed is an ossified metaphor.
Socrates worked towards making people question themselves. He like to provoke self-interrogation but wasn't particularly interested in the answers that emerged; he just like to set off the thought process.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
We all have common frailties but we need to treasure friends more.
You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
When I was banned for nine months I had an opportunity to focus on something else and I needed to focus on something else. It's who I am. I admire Miles Davis and Chet Baker a lot and I like this instrument, so I tried and I learned and practised for two months. But I stopped after that.
Young people ask me for advice, and I tell them to do what I didn't do. Get some training. I took jobs that required talents I didn't have.
When you get to be my age, you begin to count how many Mays you have left - the best time of year for flowers and birds in North America.
God is a dark night to man in this life.
Was the Buddha married? His wife would say, "Are you just going to sit around like that all day?"