Wisdom

If we knew all the answers, we won’t ask questions.

At this moment, I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon the slave and slaveholder.

A great voice is a unique instrument, not to sound like another instrument, but to be played like one.

The one who straightens out himself will attain moksha [will be liberated]. If you don’t straighten out, people will beat you into doing so. The doorway to moksha [ultimate liberation] is narrow, so how will you be able to enter if you are obstinate?

TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.

What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press.

Observing is the basis of wisdom.

The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.

A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.

Beauty is not just physical.

The history of learning amounts to a history of specialization.

The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.

Age cannot wither her nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it.

People are suckers for the truth and they know it when they see it. Open your soul and they will stop and watch.