Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance; all evil comes from that.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

never trust anyone who says they do not see color. this means to them, you are invisible.

We grow from our dreams.

I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.

A man from the west will fight over three things: water, women and gold, and usually in that order.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

The vices of some men are magnificent.

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.

whether you have training or not, the way to make your look make sense is to surround yourself with the things you love.

You could write all the IDEAS of all the movies, my own included, on the head of a pin.

Never run away from anything. Never!