…the great thing about literature is that you can imagine

you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own

The only wisdom we can hope to acquireIs the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works.

Skills are really just circuits in your brain

The more you depend on forces outside yourself, the more you are dominated by them.

I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream - if I may so call it - of being a race leader dawned.

I've recently learned not to take things personally. We can get offended by anything if we want to.

When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel so exhilirated and calm through your whole body.

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.