The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reason and analysis but first of all by living.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them.

In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.

If Zen has any preference it is for glass that is plain, has no color, and is "just glass."

The problem today is that there are no deserts, only dude ranches.

For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all the others. Only love can attain and preserve the good of all. Any claim to build the security of all on force is a manifest imposture.