For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.