Individuation is to divest the self of false wrappings.

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.

I spit into the face of Time That has transfigured me.

When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea.

The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.

... me He now delights to spare.

My books are based on emotions, feelings, relationships. In these areas women are experts, so it's not strange that the main characters of my novels are females.

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

Study people's success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.

When you reread your journal you find out that your newest discovery is something you already found out five years ago.

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world.