We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

In the end, everything is a gag.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.