In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

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

We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

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

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

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

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.