But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die.

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

Most of our life we pass by waiting for tomorrow, but not living for today.

It is better work without being paid to fulfill a divine purpose than to be rich without any fulfillment.

A common human error is a tendency to recognize personal truths as universal truths.

I don't care what you do. As long as you know you belong to me.

Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

When you do not consciously relate to your body, your mind does not relate consciously to you.

No, while most people have been at their unhappiest when in love, it is nevertheless the state the human being yearns for above all.

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.