In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.

Beauty is rather a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself.

Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.

Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.

Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.

You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.

Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe

And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.

We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.

We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.

We should always hope and expect to see a brand new day filled with hope, love and joy.

Getting money is easy but do you have the education that will help maintain it?

Your soulmate can also be your downfall.

Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.

I'm so fortunate in that I've never had another job to pay a bill but acting, since the day I got out of high school.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer evil.

Choosing joy involves spiritual surrender, and sometimes we would rather hold on to the pain than surrender our egos.

When thieves come, I bark; when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will.

Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.