If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you.

If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.

Don't spend your life wondering "what if" and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.

What we call spirit is our universal consciousness. We can also call it atomic consciousness. Every atom is conscious and knows everything that is going on around it at every moment.

[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing t

Ideas don't desert you; ideas aren't treasonous to you, but people can be.

Cancer can take a long time to develop and necessarily has multiple causes.

Two times two will be four even without my will. Is that what you call man's free will?

I'm not for the villains, I'm only for the princesses. I mean it's fun to have Jafar [Aladdin cartoon villain] or whatever; I didn't even remember their names 'cause they're not important to me.

Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live.

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do.

A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it.