No dignity without distance.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Thank you for keeping it a secret. There aren’t many of those in this tribe.

Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise.

I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...

Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.

I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it.

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.

[Albert] Schweitzer thus carved out his own path through the first half of this century, a lonely and learned giant amidst the hordes of noisy and shallow theological pygmies.

Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding.