Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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

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.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

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.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

All of us are products of our childhood.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Where there is love there is life.

Any place I hang my head is home.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

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

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

I am not young enough to know everything.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.