I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

When you go through life ... it all seems accidental at the time it is happening. Then when you get on in your 60s or 70s and look back, your life looks like a well-planned novel with a coherent theme ... Incidents that seemed accidental, pure chance, turn out to be major elements in the structuring of this novel. Schopenhauer says, 'Who wrote this novel? You did.'

The principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns a critic into a living human being who has something to give to - as well as to demand of - the world.

Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That's why it's good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.

Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.

Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

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