I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal.

An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led.

You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value.

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that many, no, all men were capable of dying for one.

Love must not entreat, ' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.

Fate and character are different names for the same idea.

For awakened human beings, there was no obligation—none, none, none at all—except this: to search for yourself, become sure of yourself, feel your way forward along your own path, wherever it led.

One never reaches home, ' she said. 'But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time.

Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.

Wonder at God's merciful love is a very practical emotion. Holy wonder will lead you to grateful worship and heartfelt thanksgiving. It will cause within you godly watchfulness

Take care of your body from the inside out.

How beautiful can life be? We hardly dare imagine it.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

I use to think all road racers were nuts. You know racing around a track at that speed.

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

What would New York be without slavery?

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do – play it right and with respect.