What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

The power of music feels like taking a a nice brake from this busy world

How you live your life is up to you. You have to go out and grab the world by the horns. Rope it before it ties you down and decides for you.

Behind bad luck comes good luck.

I believe locations should try to be and evoke the characters in a movie.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about American exceptionalism and its historical roots.

If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

It leaves a good legacy to have five records.