If our god's work is to be done in our time, we must do it ourselves.

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.

Naomi giggled that same giggle with which Enoch had become infatuated.

Master I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Why as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell.

Taste is a matter of ignorance. If you know what you are tasting, you don't have to taste.

The world needs all the help you can give by way of cheerful, optimistic, inspiring thought and personal example.

People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.

Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.

I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.

I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.

The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that helps him get through the day