Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

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.

The outcome of one’s life is determined by choice to obey kingdom laws

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

My karma's the comma that puts you inside of a coma, Hyphen, dot, dot, semi-colon, leave you semi-swollen. Question mark, you pregnant? Oh you're not? I love you, period.

Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers

The pride of the artisan in his art and its uses is pride in himself...It is in his skill and ability to make things as he wishes them to be that he rejoices.

The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.

I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil.

One should have the courage of one's loneliness.