For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.

You have to take the hits as they come and you have to take the opportunities.

I've always been obsessed by beef jerky.

It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.

Spirituality is ultimate greed. You don't just want a piece of creation - you want the source of creation.

People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

I can be glib and truthful all at once.

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

Far from the world I walk, and from all care.