Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

When you get past making labels for things, it is possible to combine and transform elements into new things. Look at things until their import, identity, name, use, and description have dissolved.

At some point you’ll have to get serious about life.

Before I put on my make up, I say a little prayer for you.

We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone.

The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.

The bill that was about jobs, jobs, jobs has turned into a bill that's about spending, spending, spending.

I’m not the easiest person to live with. I’m kind of a slob.

A great thing about these trees is that they are excellent for cleaning, both groundwater, and of course, air.