Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.

Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

All spiritual journeys are martyrdoms

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.