The spirit knows that its growth is the real aim of existence.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

The amusements of life, he argued, should be accepted with the same philosophy as its ills. ("The Striding Place")

She was made mostly of coffee and empty spaces.

...once again I saw that incredulous question, that dawning hope: We are not alone, then? We have brothers in other places? We have friends we never knew?

Be the radiator of peace. Go to the center of your inner being. Radiate peace in every direction.

For me, it’s not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

A Polish man bought a zebra for a pet. What does he call the zebra? Spot!

I've been practicing yoga very seriously for a little over a year and I believe that helped my voice and affected my singing.

We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who aspire to serve the spirit.

Every object in the world can pass from a closed, silent existence to an oral state, open to appropriation by society, for there is no law, whether natural or not, which forbids talking about things

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.