Whenever I do nothing I feel I've accomplished a lot.

What variety is to life, contradiction is to the mind.

The flea that doubts doesn't jump nearly as high.

Water flows because it's willing.

Looking in the mirror is seeing what other people see.

If it's work you're trying too hard.

To hate everything is to be wounded by everything.

The old philosophers knew so little; that's why they were so wise.

The air lets the arrow pass right through.

In the wind, more leaves tremble than any theory can account for.

If the light's not in you, you're in the dark.

Someone told me the world is round, but I'm checking it out for myself.

Good humor is the sun on cloudy days.

Between thoughts, travel far and wide.

Nobody wants to be nothing. But that's the greatest thing in the world to be.

Teach children what they would learn, not what you would teach them.

My calm is like the tides: never at rest.

The little girl riding her bicycle. Never once did she wonder: "Is this worthwhile?"

You either love what's broken or you don't love.

Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

Dreams that scare us wake us up.

Getting lost is part of getting there.

I never reach those far-off places. New trails tempt me at every turn.

The deep roots never doubt spring will come.

To stand speechless before a mountain is all I ask now.

You don't know how to live. You live.

When I lose something I was afraid to lose I find I don't miss it.

Cast yourself upon the waters. Trust in your ability to swim.

You have to let the balloon go if you want to see it fly.

Solutions often mask the fact that there is no problem.

What is is plenty, but more is never enough.

There's one fast rule concerning death: save it for the end.

God had no purpose in creating the world. He was just having fun.

Everybody calls me "Marty." I never know what to call myself.

If you're in a hurry, don't go.

Everything real casts a shadow and the shadow is real.

I envy the one simply walking down the road.

The order you seek is the confusion you feel.

Is the sun a symbol? I thought it was an object that lit up the world.

A false step now means nothing later.

I hate criticism, it makes me feel important.

The moon has seen many a theory come and go.

The mouse that fears the trap has already been trapped.

News used to come too late; now it comes too early.

Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.

How come it's always the narrow path that considers itself superior?

I wasn't in Buffalo when it snowed but it snowed anyway.

A man went in search of one perfect moment. The price he had to pay was the rest of his life.

Open your eyes. Now tell me: where is the mystery?

When smashing idols, always begin with your own.

The pieces of a puzzle aren't together or apart.

When a thing becomes indispensable it's time to give it up.

Even blind alleys lead somewhere.

A puppet whose strings got cut learned to walk all on its own.

Success reveals how little ambition is worth.

Handing one's troubles over to God makes sense even to an atheist.

Nothing will ever improve if we keep trying to make things better.

I found all my prayers answered in the silence of the stone.

Because I took the sun for granted it smiled on me.

If no one gives me advice I always follow it.

How is failure possible? One is always just beginning to live.

The gambler who expects to lose is the happiest person at the track.

When you think someone has a problem the problem is really yours.

There's something braver than dying for the truth-living without it.

A dead writer has no ego.

The wind was never angry, the rain was never sad.

In the morning I don't want to know where I'll be in the afternoon.

There are more wrong turns on the map than on the road.

When your burden gets too heavy to carry, you learn how to carry it.

Where would you be if you left all your troubles behind?

The idealist wants to make ants so small no one can step on them.

Even if you find the clearing you can't stay there.

The sea will wash away our footprints but not the fact we made them.

You can win the lottery, but not an argument.

The scarecrow has been in the field so long he thinks it belongs to him.

Lessons are learned, not taught.

Mannequins can't dress themselves. Stones go wherever you throw them.

Should I refuse the honey because the bee stings?

What is fog on the surface is also fog deep inside.

The things I'm not learning are teaching me a lot.

Never do anything important if you can help it.

It's easy to see the dark side. All you have to do is close your eyes.

Order is what exists before you start arranging things.

One person is a person; two is a statistic.

Dreams change the world, but only in dreams.

Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors.

The landscape looks different from every blade of grass.

Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.