Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far.

Though a new cloth makes you look new, when you see the old cloths, you remember the old life

It would be, like all of Pammy's parties, hot and crowded and filled with impossibly glamorous people with hip bones so sharp they could qualify as concealed weapons.

Yielding your inner life to God will empower you to live the kind of outer life that honors the Lord and blesses others.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

The planet is littered with irresponsible gods.

Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely a part of the 'prosaic'.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

There is nothing that 'Sesame Street' can't teach you, if you let it.

You can never prepare yourself enough to see your mug shot and DUI.