We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.

Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

The destiny of every human being is decided by what goes on inside his skull when confronted by what goes on outside his skull.

Love is nature's psychotherapy.

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

Awareness means the capacity to see a coffeepot and hear the birds sing in one's own way and not the way one was taught.

It is better to be a slave to your beloved woman than a free man to the unloved one.

Some say that one-sided love is better than none, but like half a loaf of bread, it is likely to grow hard and moldy sooner.

JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.

While many may claim that these virtues are old-fashioned, they are essential materials for building a solid and worthwhile foundation for your life that will never go out of style.

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself.

Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

You must find the passion, an unrelenting passion.

I was always the one in the background or the donkey. I was never a star, I never got to be the main part.

The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.

When fear has seized upon the mind, man fears that only which he first began to fear. [Lat., Ubi intravit animos pavor, id solum metuunt, quod primum formidate coeperunt.]

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.