I've realized that somebody who's tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

Write about the beauties of life to create a beautiful society.

I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done.

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

The spiritual life is a call to action. But it is a call to ... action without any selfish attachment to the results.

When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident.

Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.

I always tell what I believe. Whether it's true, I'm no more sure than any man.

I like to talk about America. It's so mysterious.

Establish enigmas, not explanations.

It's hogwash to say drunkenness is no excuse for crime... Wherever mind altering drugs are on sale to the public, we should expect mind altered behaviour from the public.