For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.

Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.

God forbid that I should ever teach any adaptation of the Gospel. But I contend that we may serve it up in any sort of dish that will induce the people to partake of it

History is made and preserved by and for particular classes of people. A camera in some hands can preserve an alternate history.

It's weird to be very good at something and not necessarily to want to do it.

It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.

I don't think I'm a weirdo in a bad way. There's just a lot going on in my head.

Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.

I think unintentionally I gravitate towards concepts and topics that hit home or are something real we can all relate to.

The reason I'm not a neurobiologist but a cognitive psychologist is that I think looking at brain tissue is often the wrong level of analysis. You have to look at a higher level of organization.