Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.

Some things we must learn through experience. That is how one truly lives.

I should like to understand more about the signs on the shirt you wore earlier. What was it: Eat the tail and suck the head?

It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

Who is one's audience, the spiritually hostile professional art world or one's visually insensitive Christian neighbour?

The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

Bewitched is half of everything.

Where there is a will, there's prosperity around the corner.