Nothing in this world happens by chance.

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

If I continually focus on what I don’t have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it’s completely full.

Who shall tell the lady's griefWhen her Cat was past relief?Who shall number the hot tearsShed o'er her, beloved for years?Who shall say the dark dismayWhich her dying caused that day?

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think).

The world's a stage, & everything else is Vaudeville.

I feel most real when alone, even most alive when alone. Better to say that the liveliness of companionship and the liveliness of solitude differ, and the latter is never as exhausting as the former.

Grace / to be born and live as variously as possible

Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin.

It can be a bit frustrating to always get the soft-rock stamp.

If we had attained the full vision of Truth, we would no longer be seekers, but become one with God, for Truth is God.

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.