One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.
To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
