“You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.”

Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.

People can’t be talked out of illusions.

It’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.

Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

Society is our extended mind and body.

Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.

Jesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

The present is always changing the past.

The menu is not the meal.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.

An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

Dynamism is a function of change.

I believe that forgiving them is god’s function, our job is to arrange the meeting.