Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

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.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

I am not young enough to know everything.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.