"A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited."

"Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work."

"Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up."

"Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half."

"The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions."

"Find me a vast carpet of forget-me-nots spilling down a hillside, and take me there. Let me rest among the brightest, clearest blue under heaven."

"Thou shall not steal. I mean defensively. On offense, thou shall steal and thou must."

"We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves."

"To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it feels pain. Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention."

"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"

"Thoughts come through people, not from them."

"Hell is to drift; heaven is to steer."