To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

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.

VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.

Even if he did explain it, no one would believe him because no one would understand him. That's the downside to being a genius - just because you understand something doesn't mean anyone else will.

There is no higher or purer pleasure than to sit with closed eyes and hear a naturally expressive voice recite... a play of Shakespeare's.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

The truth is supposed to hurt. That's how it lets you know you don't got it.

Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip.

I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.

I don’t feel that I’m using technology. I don’t feel that I’m wearing technology. I feel that I am technology.

Why? Do you find this" - he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose - "distracting?

Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.