“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.”

The sun is new each day.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.

All is flux, nothing stays still.

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.

Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.

Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.

All are one.

Big results require big ambitions.

It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

It is in changing that we find purpose.

You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

I feel anger and I feel understanding. It’s a difficult position to be in.

Unfortunately I’ve been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it’s difficult to make music, write songs.

If there’s a perfect family out there, we’re all happy for that family. But most families aren’t perfect. Most families are living with some sort of challenge or some sort of difficulty.

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience…When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.