There is no light without shadow, and no psychic wholeness without imperfection.

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.

But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.

...freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night...

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

There’s only so much you can watch someone sacrifice before you realize they’re changing who they are for you, and not in a good way.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

It is not the neutrals or the lukewarm who make history.

Good words quench more then a bucket of water.

The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?'

It's very fun to be single, because you know what happens? You find yourself. You understand what it means to love yourself, instead of putting all this energy into give-and-tug in a relationship.

Palestinians have no wealth or power.