In the East, all the religions preach egolessness. So in the East, everybody is against the ego from the very beginning.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

The reason I talk to myself is because Im the only one whose answers I accept.

Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobodys perfect so I stopped practicing.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.

To withdraw is not to run away - and to stay is no wise action - when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

My art and profession is to live.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.