“I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.”

“The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment.”

“The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.”

“Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. ”

“There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn”

“If the world weren't such a beautiful place, we might all turn into cynics”

“Even on especially hard days, I began to notice him everywhere, setting a table before me in the presence of my enemies, pursuing me with his love. Both the child and the cynic walk through the valley of the shadow of death. The cynic focuses on the darkness; the child focuses on the Shepherd.”