People just can’t cope with happiness.

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

When you write something down, it stays forever.It's like a little part of you that you're giving to the universe

If we keep bombing other people, that creates more anger. Tensions keep escalating.

My sister keeps me grounded.

When things get tough, you should seek out someone like a coach or friend or family member to talk things through with.

Our doctor would never really operate unless it was necessary. He was just that way. If he didn't need the money, he wouldn't lay a hand on you.

Whoever reflects recognizes that there are empty and lonely spaces between one’s experiences.

Seasteading could be the means by which humanity will live sustainably.

To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life.

Immortality no longer interests the weary old man at all.

In the last couple of years I've been picking up my guitar again.