Paul hardly ever allows the real Jesus of Nazareth to get a word in.

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.

Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.

There are some mysteries of the universe that ought to remain mysteries.

It was time to free him from my burdens.

Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

I thought I should be stronger than was possible.

Hell is out of fashion --institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between the bars are the sutures of one's own skull. . .

It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.

You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.

The anoretic operates under the astounding illusion that she can escape the flesh, and, by association, the realm of emotions.

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.