In all earnestness I asked myself what kind of world I had stumbled into.

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.

It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule.

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Bully for you, chilly for me, got to get a raincheck on pain.

If you live the questions, life will move you into answers.

I believe strongly that philosophy has nothing to do with specialists.

It is hardly possible to estimate how many marriages fail to prosper or are actually ruined because the man lacks any inkling of the art of love.

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.

Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.

The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

Elaboration is not beauty, and sand-paper never finished a piece of bad work.