Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Live to the point of tears.