Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Read Summary
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. Read Summary
The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation. Read Summary
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. Read Summary
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. Read Summary
It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more. Read Summary
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better. Read Summary
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. Read Summary
Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. Read Summary
The truth is lived, not taught. Read Summary
Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves. Read Summary
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. Read Summary
It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion. Read Summary
What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale. Read Summary
This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification. Read Summary
There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere. Read Summary
Solitude is independence. Read Summary
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. Read Summary
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. Read Summary
One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time. Read Summary