desires are not killed by fulfilling them

That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.

I had considered myself some kind of genius and had considerably underestimated the toils and difficulties encountered along the path to an art.

To hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.

Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they have only themselves to think of.

Our tainted world looms within us, every one.

Keep calm when things don’t go according to your expectations! Beautiful things always meet friction!

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

What you want to know is... does it shorten your life? You can do those kinds of questions in mice, but those are expensive to do and no one's been really doing them.

When you have harmony in the different areas of your life, with your mind, body, and spirit, you're just so much stronger, especially in really intense stressful situations.

The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes.

Winning is neither everything nor the only thing. It is one of many things.

Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago from now, thats 1990, and that seems like yesterday to me.

If people are driving you around to look at animals, that's wonderful. That's educational, but it's not necessarily enlightening and you're not finding out much about yourself.