The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.

Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.

Half of tradition is a lie.

But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.

There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind.

I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.

How simpler our lives would be if we could stay the same! We are here on the planet to learn, grow, and evolve.

Acceptance for me is loving what “is” and not in looking back at the past. I do not need to know what the future holds either- if the present is good, can the future be anything less than good?

The tendency of our perceptions is to emphasise increasingly the objective elements in an impression, unless we have some special reason, as artists have, for doing the opposite.

Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.

3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.

I love funky shoes and hats. I'm into large-brimmed fedoras with big feathers in fun colors like purple and lime-yellow. I just think hats add pizzazz to your outfits.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.