Of all that I have possessed in my life, my memories are the only things remaining to me. Indeed, I believe that memories are the only real treasure any human can hope to hold always.

The difference between the poet and the mathematician is that the poet tries to get his head into the heavens while the mathematician tries to get the heavens into his head.

it can't be wrong, if it feels so wrong

No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.

Sophistication called for a variety of talents and attitudes, but the minimum requirement was being in New York. Not all New Yorkers achieved it, but nobody elsewhere had a prayer.

A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind.

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

Don't remind the world that it is sick and troubled. Remind it that it is beautiful and free.

Unhappy women are given to protecting their sensitiveness by cynical gossip, by whining, by high-church and new-thought religions, or by a fog of vagueness.

The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.