There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

The historian looks backward. In the end he also believes backward.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but in the space within to be lived in.

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.