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

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.

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.

How one encounters reality is a choice.

Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one.

My past made me a stronger and wiser person because I learned from its valuable lessons without dwelling on regrets and excuses.

Confession breaks the power of canceled sin. It also heals the broken heart.

A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message.

The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters.

Some day I'll write a book and call it 'How I Got the Nickname Pumpsie' and sell it for one dollar, and if everybody who ever asked me that question buys the book, I'll be a millionaire.

At another year I would not boggle Except that when I jog I joggle.

The sun is a-wait at the ponderous gate of the West.

Don't think of what's past!" said she. "I am not going to think outside of now. Why should we! Who knows what tomorrow has in store?

We are fortunate now to become aware of the contents of our mind. With that knowledge we will be able to change the aspects that lead to confusion and misery in our lives.