The living is a species of the dead; and not a very attractive one.

But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me!

Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.

We should be a mirror of being: we are God in miniature.

Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.

All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.