he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.

The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.

A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.

A person is neither a thing nor a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.

Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

Everyone is the other and no one is himself.

Questioning is the piety of thought.

I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any.

Sometimes... Sometimes our hearts...crack a little.

Try to live with as few regrets as you can short of zero. A life with no regrets at all was never really lived.

As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.

Writers know - especially new writers - [that] a lot of it [creative process] is the prewriting stage, the talking, brainstorming, the narrative arc and the character sketches.

I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that no matter how well I do it, it's not really my format.

I will push myself in different ventures that I believe will make me a better artist, dancer and person.

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

You want to be recognized for being popular but you also want to be recognized for being great.