Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

There is no question climate change is happening. The only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.