Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.

When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!

The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them