Emotions are far harder things to understand than algebra and geometry, yet we spend hours in elucidating mathematics and expect such a problem as that of human relationships to solve itself.

To the rationally minded the mental processes of the intuitive appear to work backwards

Psychological adulthood is by no means a universal attainment.

Without intuition there would be no vision of future possibilities.

no one can accomplish the inner release of another person. Freedom can be offered but it must also be accepted in order for it to 'take.

The pseudo-conscience ... demands not obedience to the inner law of our being, but conformity to super-imposed convention.

success is not a matter of circumstance, but of power to meet circumstance.

Only the past is real.

There's not a day that goes by, without me thinking of you, dying, in someone else's arms.

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

I think I will still feel that same appreciation for what [Winston] Churchill and others have said is the worst form of government except all the alternatives.

When I reach the shades at last it will no doubt astonish Satan to discover, on thumbing my dossier, that I was a member of the Y.M.C.A.

I can't be a pessimist, because I am alive.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

The evolution of knowledge is toward simplicity, not complexity.

I once got a call from a bank, asking me to compute a mortgage, since their computers were down. This was a very depressing moment.

I wouldn't doubt it if the CIA is behind Alcoholics Anonymous.