His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.

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.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.

Clouds are like humans, some of them are black.

Love is a strange feeling! And you cannot understand what happens to you when it does happen to you.

If you can't pray as you want to pray as you can. God knows what you mean.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

But the past couple of days I’ve missed you so much it’s felt like missing you is all I am.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old.

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.