Love is the eternally burning fire in which humanity & all the world are being purified.

When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.

It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.

When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself.

The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.

People live in sleep, do everything in sleep, and do not know they are asleep.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.

Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.

Forgiveness is the ultimate liberator of our mind, body, and spirit.

Like any oppressed people, they defined themselves by what offended them, which would give New England its gritty flavor and, it has been argued, America its independence.

Misers makes money their lord, but the spenders makes it their slaves and servants

Your best success comes after your greatest disapponitment

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

You don’t feel as real if you don’t see yourself reflected in the media […] There’s something very powerful about seeing yourself represented.

I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because they are reasonable.

When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.