No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Every day brings new choices.

The truth is, our parents are but part of the equation that forms us―because the only thing more powerful than fate is free will.

Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them.

I saw the errors I had made and assumed full responsibility for everything.

I love mankind it's people I can't stand.

The continuous capacity of genius to surpass understanding remains a human constant.

The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to control the creative life of man.

Each little chapter has its place.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

There is no hope the future will but turn the old sand in the falling glass of time.

The more successful you are, the more mistakes you will make. People who don't do anything, don't make mistakes.