It is not simply that we share with each other a common humanity, but that individually we have no humanity without each other.

Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.

We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone.

Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being.

My father taught me to be independent and cocky and free thinking, but he could not stand it if I disagreed with him.

Art is an artificial organization of experience.

Art forms render ideas accessible to readers who could not receive those insights in any other format.

You can have a failed quest, but you can't have an achieved quest and no reward.

That is a strange phenomenon, people pretending to be other people.

Money is an echo of value. It's the thunder to Value's Lightning.

I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers.

My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.

Sometimes the best cure for life’s woes is a sense of humor.

I love God, I love everybody else around me as myself, and I love my enemy.

What doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.