In order to see, you have to stop being in the middle of the picture

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature.

Each victory gained over oneself means new strength to gain more victories.

Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our purblind sentimentalism.

The supreme state of human love is...the unity of one soul in two bodies.

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.

The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy.

One who loves God finds the object of his love everywhere.

If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.

You're what I've been looking for my whole life, and if you let me, I'll love you for the rest of yours.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it depends on how I'm writing or what I'm writing about.

Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.

Liberals can always be trusted to see God in Mumia Abu-Jamal and the devil in the Pope.

The people who are right a lot often change their minds.

Being inappropriate comes easy to me.

Jesus is the one who brings God to us and us to God.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.