One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
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.
Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.
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.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...
We think too much and feel too little.
Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday.
