I am more stupid about some things than others; not equally stupid in all directions; I am not a well-rounded person.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

May you find grace to be faithful at all times to the Lord.

Their hands are tied not by ropes but by the greed of the intermediaries that the system has generated, who eat up the farmer’s income while it is on its way into his hands.

You know people. Most of them don’t hear anything. Those who hear - don’t listen. A few who listen - don’t understand. And those who could understand… they don’t care.

If I thought the Lord was speaking to me I'd check myself into Bellevue, and I think you should too.

The business of the country is business.

Man forms himself in his own interior, and nowhere else.

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.

The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to be an obscenity, a corruption of our nirvanic nature.

Lust and learning. That's really all there is, isn't it?

Even with most finite planning you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at you.