A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo.

You've got to find the force inside you.

Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

In the Orient the ultimate divine mystery is sought beyond all human categories of thought and feeling, beyond names and forms, and absolutely beyond any such concept as of a merciful or wrathful personality, chooser of one people over another, comforter of folk who pray, and destroyer of those who do not. Such anthropomorphic attributions of human sentiments and thoughts to a mystery beyond thought is-from the point of view of Indian thought-a style of religion for children.

I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off.