Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.