In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, the one as hateful as the other.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

All good books are about everything, abbreviated.

You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.

Look how ridiculous are Americans. They blame us for everything.

When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of such a mercy

The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.

I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit.

If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.

As you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.

I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating.