Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it.

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.

Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.

Whoever decides to hate others has chosen to walk alone.

Two times twice now, I have been called arrogant, by the decadent.I'd rather be overly self confident, rather than overly self indulgent.

I guess that’s what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn’t. But it is all right.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're in a massive film. I was terrified for quite a long time.

You can't learn techniques and then try to become a painter. Techniques are a result.

Uniformity is not nature's way; diversity is nature's way.

We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy.