Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

What is important is not the specific manner in which God is worshiped but the degree to which the devotee is filled with love. (48-49)

Relinquishing selfish wants, one is free to allow others to travel their own paths under the will of God. (18)

[A] practitioner of any spiritual path must have complete confidence that his adopted path is, for him, superior to all others. (57)

Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)

To the yogi, all experience is seen as one, as a means to help him cultivate devotion. All experiences have equal meaning and value. (154)

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)

A man who wears a fragrant flower on his collar spreads a perfume wherever he goes. (141)

In the end, it is our defiance that redeems us. If wolves had a religion – if there was a religion of the wolf – that it is what it would tell us.

One quick glance in the mirror is enough for a lifetime.

Memories are worse than bullets.

I actually wanted to be an astronaut, but I don't have a mathematical brain.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.

Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression.

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

I can't imagine a secular life, a spiritual life, an intellectual life, a physical life. I mean, we would be completely wrought with schizophrenia, wouldn't we?

Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.