A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Obsession is like a pretty, little, picket fence that offers itself up as a thin line--a separation between ingenuity and insanity.

Everybody is talking about the Law of Attraction. Nobody is talking about the Law of Action.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.

I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.

Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like to play with you.

Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling ones.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

I know exactly what I want. Everything. Calm, peace, tranquility, freedom, fun, happiness. If I could make all that one word, I would - a many-syllabled word.

Meditation is the breath of your soul. Just as breathing is the life of the body, meditation is the life of the soul.