A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.

Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

All that you give to others you are giving to yourself.

The devil has a Ph.D. in perfect logic.

You're so ashamed of your past; drop it! You're so proud of your past; drop it!

Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance; all evil comes from that.

The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.