to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

It doesn't really matter how you feel about your character, it just matters what you do with it.

The purpose of subduing is a function of taking responsibility for the entire earth

You should read it though there is much that is skip-worthy.

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

In the struggle for justice, the only reward is the opportunity to be in the struggle. You can't expect that you're going to have it tomorrow. You just have to keep working on it.

Part of what compels me to write day after day, chapter after chapter, is the discovery process, seeing the characters evolve as I get deeper and deeper into the story.

There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization.

The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.

You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.