Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

One just needs a little alertness to see and find out: Life is really a great cosmic laughter.

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

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Every aquarium will eventually leak.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.