Our psyche is set up in accord with the structure of the universe, and what happens in the macrocosm likewise happens in the infinitesimal and most subjective reaches of the psyche

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.

The future is a world limited by ourselves-in it we discover only what concerns us.

Saints are usually killed by their own people.

Do the best you can, and then to hell with it!

There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

Put your money where your mouth is.

I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year to the work.

The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them.

Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow claspest the limits of mortality.

Upon retiring, sleep as if you had entered your last sleep. Upon awakening, leave your bed behind you instantly as if you had cast away a pair of old shoes.

A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.