He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.
A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Music is the medicine of the mind.
The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.