yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

The Self, when finite, is Human and when infinite, is God.

... the rules of transcendence insist that you will not advance even one inch closer to divinity as long as you cling to even one last seductive thread of blame.

You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire.

But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.

Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things?

This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it.

I don’t want to say everything happens for a reason, but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

So I'm leaving Sony, a free agent, owning half of Sony. I own half of Sony's Publishing. I'm leaving them, and they're very angry at me, because I just did good business, you know.

Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium. Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.