I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

If you can overcome love, you can overcome fear. If you can overcome fear, you can overcome death.

Some people spend their entire lives seeing the snow without ever seeing the magic in the existence of one snowflake.

Step out of the crowd of average people. Enter that game and change the values on the scoreboard.

The ultimate purpose of psychology is to release from psychology.

That's just the trouble, you make an effort to think about it. Concentrate entirely on your breathing, as if you had nothing else to do!

I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old.

I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor.