We cannot change anything unless we accept it.

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

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

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

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.

A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.

...she thought of him as a person who did not have a normal spine, but had instead, a firm reed of goodness.

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

If you don't throw it they can't hit it.

I was looking for someone to formulate a skin care line I could use.

I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people.

Life is so horrible that one can only bear it by avoiding it. And that can be done by living in the world of art.

The sage says that all that is under heaven incurs the same law and the same fate.

Whenever people tell you they are going to wipe the slate clean, it's your slate they mean to wipe.