You have to let the balloon go if you want to see it fly.

One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects.

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

The search for first causes is the ultimate wild goose chase.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Logical positivism is philosophy from the neck up.

The questions philosophers ask are not so much meaningless as irrelevant.

No explanation is ever as good as not having one.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Never confuse a hunger for knowledge with a thirst for truth.

My book "Bamboo Walls" is forever because the Djojobojo Prophecy is timeless!

God will let you into the battlefield so you can understand the meaning of victory.

Don't give up on the impossible before you try it.

I say a lot of things - millions of words a day - so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement.

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity.

If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting.

The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.

In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is that you're not able to hear.

You know, the Internet's made us more aware of what people think about us.

It’s a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.