I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Begin with a new goal and with a new enthusiasm to create abundance in your life.

I doubt most people could survive being defined by the least advisable sexual encounter they've engaged in.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity.

A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.

You don't manage a social wrong. You should be ending it.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Seeking out causes is a pastime of the mind. There is no duality of cause and effect. Everything is its own cause.

You can't do anything yourself on TV... unless you have a LOT of money, but you can do an independent movie.