Compulsive reading relieves the anxiety that comes from tramping through the forest of meditation in search of clearings.

Ideologies, like dogs, remain just outside the hermits door.

To be "modern" means refusing to worry about where the benefits of progress actually come from.

I admire those believers who speak of such things with the same aplomb as if the'd just split a beer with God in the cabin next door.

It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible...

You're special, Deirdre, and don't ever think otherwise.

We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa crisis near at hand, but she is forever silent and unpretending.

The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together.

Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

Writing is the beast unto itself.

To get nominated by the Republican Party you've got to be pretty reactionary, really.

The wealth within you, your essence, is your kingdom.

The truth is, every sport has been turned into a huge, nihilistic business.