In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception.

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

. . . all meaning comes from analogies.

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Below Every Tangled Hierarchy Lies An Inviolate Level

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.

Determine that there will never be anything that will come between you that will disrupt your marriage. Make it work. Resolve to make it work.

I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights

I guess on a base level that's one of the first parental instincts that you have with children in Australia is learn to swim. Not only learn to swim but learn to swim strong.

All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.

Peace should be our future.