We do not "have" a body; rather, we "are" bodily.

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.

A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.

A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.

Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

Everyone is the other and no one is himself.

Questioning is the piety of thought.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

I was brought up to reuse things.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.

What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.