Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

So close to the powers of evil she must have lived that she still breathed more freely in their air.

Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

If you want to keep giving you have to keep growing.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music.

Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.

The only stupid question is the question that is never asked.