Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

The problem with catching dreams is you forget how truly incredible they are when you live with them everyday.

When I looked at myself through the prism of awareness, great tears came as I connected with how this wounded child felt.

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

There can be no peace with someone who wants to kill you.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

I always love it best when you have a project where there is this commingling of the subject matter and the way in which you're recording that subject matter.

As long as there shall be stones, the seeds of fire will not die.

General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.

I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it.

Your job today tells me nothing of your future--your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be.