I'm back with my own kind of people here now, the bums and drinkers and no goods and it is a fine thing.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?

until the stone becomes soft, it cannot attach itself to the wall.

Who hasn't got the seeds of evil in him?

It is when we finally realize the futility of violence and the invalidity of war will we, the people of this world finally wake up!

No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

Most people don't want to leave their wife and children behind but many people seem to want to take leave of themselves.

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward.

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.

The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone that makes us free.