"We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared."

"There are two rules for success: 1) Never tell everything you know."

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it."

"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight."

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."

"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred."

"RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass."

"The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure."

"Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters."

"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."

"If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine"