There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.

Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.

I am a great scholar, my mind is full of wonders.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media.

A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the opponent's good and bad qualities is of the greatest importance.

The Bible stands alone in human literature in its elevated conception of manhood, in character and conduct.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!

All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you.