You must never fear anything at all.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

All I want is to sleep--to dream. Life is better in dreams.

Define yourself

... there are certain questions that must never be asked. Of anyone. Even oneself.

Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it

When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.

To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment

Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how, or are willing, to employ.'

I had learnt to seek intensity — more of life, a concentrated sense of life.

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as a teacher.