One must bear in mind the odd angle or slant that the rays of love have to take in order to reach a heart like mine.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

I've been dead over seventy years and still when I hear a woman scream, I find myself standing, listening, wanting to help and unable to do anything except watch.

...I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the sun and moon rise or set, or burn through the fog.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

Praise is more obtrusive than a reproach.

He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?

As the body lives by breathing, so the soul lives by believing.

Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.

But laughter is weakness, corruption, the foolishness of our flesh.

Luck happens when preparedness and opportunity get together.