One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

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

I want to know what passion is. I want to feel something strongly.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

I saw myself driving through Eternity in a timeless taxi.

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

He thought how much he liked her and had in common with her, and how much she'd like and have in common with him if she only knew him.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.