Without freedom there can be no morality.

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.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

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I’ve had a lot of food but if you don’t jiggle me too much you can have your wicked way with me.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

Words exist in the smile on your face, the life in your eyes, the passion in your soul, and those beautiful and open enough to recognize it. THAT is a writers haven …

It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

Losing teaches you something