Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war.

It was only in my forties that I started feeling young.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars.

We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh but separated like stars.

Imagination is the voice of the daring.

Everyone has his own reality in which, if one is not too cautious, timid or frightened, one swims. This is the only reality there is.

The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.

Even if one’s whole life were a mistake, there is always time to change.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

When you travel often, you will be addicted to it forever.

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.

What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

In every man's heart there is anchored a little schooner.

I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.