We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.