The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

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.

Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn't feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself.

Whether you are talking about education career or service you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It's supposed to be fun.

Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or civilization perishes.

Divine Spirit has a way of doing exactly what is right for everyone concerned at the moment.

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will.

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

I don't have the time. It would take me too long to go through all of the math.

I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I treat it as such.