I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.

... where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again.

The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

We make the path by walking.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

There are a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty then they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.

Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.

You can't kill me. Even if you could, you can't bring yourself to do it. You'll hesitate. Again.

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.

Dogs are high on life. Cats need catnip.

We must cultivate our garden. Furia to God one day in seven allots; The other six to scandal she devotes. Satan, by false devotion never flammed, Bets six to one, that Furia will be damned.

I think all married couples tend to run things by each other in every capacity and we're not different to them.

Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.

So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.

I deal with certain things in my work because of who I am. I make work in order to make people think.