The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

Two daiquiris withdrew into a corner of a gorgeous room and one told the other a lie.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Ever to confess you're bored means you have no Inner Resources.

That is our ‘pointed task. Love & die.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.

The power of weapons is transient and destroys everything. The power of love is everlasting and creates all things.

Universe is not a calm lake and therefore when you watch a calm lake you get a deceptive idea about the universe and you get a wrong perception of future!

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

It was as if the universe pointed us in the direction of each other, because that was the natural order of things.

Self Mastery is the ability to maneuver through life without the mind or emotional attachment. It is being a mindfully present observer instead of the mind identified perceiver.

I've had an unhappy life thank God.

Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.

Buying shoes is the highest form of shopping.

We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.

Romance is a universally unspoken language understood by all living organism on this planet except heterosexual men.