This death to the logic of emotional commitments of our chance moment in the world of space and time, this recognition of, the shift of our emphasis to, the universal life that throbs and celebrates its victory in the very kiss of our own annihilation, this amor fati, 'love of fate,' love of the fate that is inevitably death, constitutes the experience of the tragic art.

Preachers err by trying to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery.

In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.

Without passion, men are not willing to pay any price or bear any burden to set the captives free.

All babies are Buddha babies.

The purpose of the journey is compassion. When you have come past the pairs of opposites, you have reached compassion.

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.