If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth, they have not often let their presence be known.

A sense of humor is a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laugher is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge.

At the end of every road you meet yourself.

I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Whatever creativity is, it is in pat a solution to a problem.

There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much.

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.

True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One’s inner voices become audible…. In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to nonexistence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.

To “know” reality you cannot stand outside it and identify it; you must enter into it, be it, and feel it.

Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.

As virtue is a thing that has no master, that is, is free, everything that is free will be united with virtue.

My heart has followed all my days / Something I cannot name.

Consider everything an experiment.

I have now reigned above 50 years…. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: They amount to 14. –‘Abd al

The more you find out, the more you need to know.

I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.

Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Everything starts from a dot.

Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.

A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. “In that case,” said the wise man, “plant it immediately.”

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Many of the things which can never be, often are.

Mother Nature doesn’t care if you’re having fun.

The moment a secret is revealed, it seems little.

The wise man is always ready to do good for mankind. This is what we call following the Light.

A wise man is one who hears what makes no sound and sees what has no shape.