To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

People so easily forget their past selves.

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Higher position means greater service and an apportunity to purely represent Srila Prabhupada. Hence our management must be based on humility and tolerance.

I report as a machine; I write as a person. That clear dichotomy softens the transition.

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup.

No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false.

The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together.

There may be thousands of principles of Marxism, but in the final analysis they can be summed up in one sentence: Rebellion is justified.

Plant now the roses of Hope, Love, Promise, God Consciousness, and the Glory of your Soul.