"I'm sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of me must be the Devil."

“There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb.”

“If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.”

“The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.”

“Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.”

“When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.”

“Setbacks are just learning experiences.”

“Instead of searching for what you want externally, concentrate on developing mental pictures of your desires. Surround these images with feelings of security, gratitude, and faith; and know that what you’ve been looking for is on its way to you right now.”

Source : "I Am That" by Nisargadatta Maharaj, p. 144, 1973.

“I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.”