Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.