"He had long ago made a pact with himself to postulate a Created Universe on even-numbered days, a tail-swallowing eternal-and-uncreated Universe on odd-numbered days — since each hypothesis, while equally paradoxical, neatly avoided the paradoxes of the other — with, of course, a day off each leap year for sheer solipsist debauchery. (UC)"

"The essence of the discipline is, first, self-awareness, then, self control."

"Aquafraternally yours,"

"Secrecy begets tyranny."

"Waiting always fills."

"Nest. Water. Life."

"Grok in fullness."

"Share water. Never thirst."

"We grow ever closer."

"May you always drink deep."

"I give you the water of life."

"Our nest is yours."

"With water of life we grow closer."

"Thou art God. May you always drink deep May you never be thirsty."

"I mean it. A confidence man knows he's lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman believes what he says — and belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope. But I lacked the necessary confidence in my own infallibility; I could never become a prophet ... just a critic — a sort of fourth-rate prophet with delusions of gender."

""Audacity, always audacity" — soundest principle of strategy. In practicing medicine I learned that when you are most at loss is the time when you must appear confident. In law I had learned that, when your case seems hopeless, you must impress the jury with your relaxed certainty."

"Kiss girls all you want to — it beats the hell out of card games."

"Who said I was wise? I'm a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one."