Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.

When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.

[Marilyn Monroe] was a bit temperamental, a little diva-like, but she didn't deserve what she got.

Machine guns are taken through grit and determination.

History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies.

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.

Man marks the earth with ruin - his control stops with the shore.

I'm not much of cook, but I cook a mean bowl of oatmeal.

Enthusiats are used to being mocked, maligned and misunderstood. We don't really mind.

When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.