I choose to believe God had a more direct involvement in the creation of my heart and consciousness than in the creation of any book, no matter how thick or old it may be.

Analysis is the art of creation through destruction.

To feel the joy of life, welcome everyone with a smile.

I have never seen a newspaper headline where those in spirit, without physical bodies, carried out evil deeds like a mugger in a parking lot.

Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence.

The past not merely is not fugitive it remains present.

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.

In order to keep surfing (getting-a-job avoidance) we just automatically got into hashish smuggling. Didn't even occur to us that something bad might happen.

Leaders create an environment in which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.

Cultivate friendships. If you don't have time to cultivate all of them, plow under every fifth one and collect your bonus.

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.

It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in.