I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear?

The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

...do you think God made the world to amuse himself because he was bored? Because if so he would have to be mean.

my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom.

The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.

Something good will come out of all things yet — And it will be golden and eternal just like that.

I can't think of anybody...who knows the sum and substance of what I know and feel and cry about in my secret self all the time when I don't feel strong, the sorrows of time and personality, and can therefore on all levels make it all the way with me