The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.

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.

Dreams are what keep us growing. They are what keep us alive. To give up, is to let our dreams die.

I want to get lose in your eyes and be brought back to reality with your kisses.

Oh, now look what you've done. You've gone and pissed him off, " Breccan said as he stood behind two of the gypsies, one of his large hands clamped down on each of their shoulders.

I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.

Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.

I think my main concern is because I worry about demagoguery. It's real. You see the people standing up there and applauding.

Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.

I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.