Who we are is revealed by how we describe others. But that's rarely how we see ourselves....

Unless they are a threat, it is difficult to take seriously someone who takes themselves seriously....

Life is a present gift wrapped by the past. To get to the present, we need to remove the past....

Being eccentric, I sometimes wonder whether I might someday be committed to a mental institution. But as I look at the people around me, I realize I am in a mental institution....

Since early childhood I always felt stupid. Many people seemed strange as I didn't know why they did what they did and how they thought about things. I still feel stupid but now realize they are not strange. They are like me. They also don't know why they do what they do or how they think about things....

It's important to think another world war is coming. If it doesn't come, we'll feel terrific as we'll be in a better position than had there been a war. If it does come, we'll feel terrific as we would be in an otherwise better position to deal with it proactively....

When we are one with the ever-changing and eternal universe, we love everything and miss nothing....

When we come upon a serious accident, we reveal who we are. Is our first question "what happened?" or "how can I help?"...

With our eyes we can see the surface and depth of things. With the eyes of others we can see the nature of things....