Chastity: the most unnatural of the sexual perversions.

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

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

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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

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

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

The great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are--he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.