I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.

Until the missing story of ourselves is told, nothing besides told can suffice us: we shall go on quietly craving it.

Nature is what you don't have to trouble about. It looks after itself.

Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.

I met God. 'What,' he said, 'you already?' 'What,' I said, 'you still?

In religion is much tiredness of people, a giving over of their doing to Someone Else.

People get wisdom from thinking, not from learning.

Truth rings no bells.

Woman has two works to perform: a work of differentiation, of man from herself, and a work of unification, of man with herself. ... We, woman, are now entering upon our second work.

My function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain.

... whatever is not happening now is unimportant; it is merely curious.

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.

You don't love Buck. If you did, you'd have four kids by now. Wouldn't you? Now wouldn't you? A woman like you...

Every relationship will suffer to some degree without finding self-acceptance and treating yourself like your own best friend.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw.

Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.

I'm just afraid somebody's going to stab me one day and think that my power is real and they expect me to start healing.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

I ask the internist why there aren't more Ornish-like studies. 'There aren't any financial interests involved.'

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!