God is found in this Life ... to wait for another is folly.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

We are mosaics - pieces of light, love, history, stars -- glued together with magic and music and words.

Do I dare ask him for what I want, As if I knew it, Could find it on some pageIn some chapterIn some book?

You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history

Men inflict injuries from hatred, jealousy or contempt, but the wise man masters all these passions by means of reason.

Develop your prayer language

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.

Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.

One of the things you dont always realize when youre younger is that not everything you try is going to work.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.