When an inner situation is not made conscious it appears outside as fate.

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.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say 'tell the truth, ' and when you do, they don't believe you. What's the point?

No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense.

If you don't go to every level of your company, you distance yourself from the marketplace and from your people.

I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.'

The eyes of my eyes are opened.

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

Completing a book, it's a little like having a baby.

I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me.

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it.

American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world.