"It is a essential truth that art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 51 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 9."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say."

"There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Obviously an actor draws on his own experience."

"I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality."