Influence is like the lottery, you have to be in it to win it

Whatever is supposed to make you rich is well within your reach

The lesson of the Funk Dog: “You can forget what it used to feel like to feel good about life

It was stealing her breath, imbecile. Go get a towel." -Christophe, Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.

You learn as much from failure as from success, Dad always says. Though no one admires you for it.

We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.

These [the senses] we trust, first, last, and always.

When media make war against each other, it is a case of world-views in collision.

I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private.

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.

Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.