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.

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree; but it preserves it

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Anywhere you go in the world is what you make of it, not what you read in books.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

What's real and what's true aren't necessarily the same.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

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

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.

Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world - the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We are part of it, we are the heart of it.