Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.