Each character represented a trait that resides in me.
Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.
Effort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service
Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.
From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone.
It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not worth reading.
Storytelling and elegant style don't always go hand in hand.
From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette