"If you reveal your secrets to the wind,you should not blame the wind forrevealing them to the trees."

"It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.To feel it so like myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me realize that I'd been happy, and that I was happy still. For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration."

"The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding."

"I was never aware of any other option but to question everything."

"If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off."

"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy."

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away."

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy"

"If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcome others you are powerful.If you overcome yourself you have strength.If you know how to be satisfied you are rich.If you can act with vigor, you have a will.If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting.If you die without loss, you are eternal."

"Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens."

"It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

"I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance."

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

"Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay."

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life."

"Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

"I think I want to be in love with you but I don't know how."