Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

When I'm good I'm very good but when I'm bad I'm better.

I am convinced that we humans are just at the beginning of our journey, on our way to becoming something more wonderful than we can imagine.

For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack...

The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!

Fear comes with imagination, it’s a penalty, it’s the price of imagination.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.