You are treating yourself in present time much as you were treated by others in the past. And you punish yourself far more than anyone would ever punish you.

The only time anyone has ever gotten into serious trouble was when he decided he could do nothing about something.

The curve of imagination, the curve of brilliance and the curve of sanity are identical curves or at least similar curves... The more imagination a person has, why, the more intelligence, the more knowingness he has and the saner he's going to be.

The only aberration is denial of self.

Choice is the keynote of self-determinism. To determine anything, you must have the choice to determine. Choice to determine means that you must have the power of decision. Decision and time have a lot in common. When we have clean, clear decision, we have clean, clear time. And when we have indecision, there is an unclarity about time.

All we know of science or of religion comes from philosophy. It lies behind and above all other knowledge we have or use.

Getting married is an adventure. Because when you're getting married, you're doing something you don't know anything about. Did you ever think of that?