Reality is a sliding door.
Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.
Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
Today is a king in disguise.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Thought makes every thing fit for use.
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.
There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
The more experiments you make the better.
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.
It’s not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
We learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make… that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.
When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times that realization is frightening.
