You do not take from this universe. It grants you what it will.

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.

I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.