A man's hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Getting to a higher spiritual level is like increasing your credit score. You get a lot more points for sinning and repenting than if you have no credit history at all.

If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck.

There is likely to be beauty wherever proportion exists.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

When the homebrewers stop entering the profession, and the backyard breweries are squeezed out, then it will become stagnant.

America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.

I am funny, but I'm not about funny... I'm about peace & justice.

On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all my bases.

I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.