Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.

To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.

One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.

The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet.

As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

How can the sky be the limit if there are footsteps on the moon?

Human’s aren’t concerned with reality, merely their perceptions of it.

Many wealthy people donate, and while the skeptical may claim that they do so for tax breaks, there is another reason involved … as a spiritual practice.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab.

The jokes were perfect! Then George Carlin started talking about the seven dirty words you can't say on television, then it evolved into social commentary.

I want my Canada back!

How lucky we are to have such a treasure of memories.

Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.

Cowardice is no virtue.