The contemplative man always lives alone. Regardless of who may reside in his home, his is a solitary world.

Can you imagine a scenario, given our present circumstances, in which human life will actually survive and be here in a thousand years?

...returning to nature has been a dream present in the minds of every generation since mankind first left nature.

I was disoriented by the idea that men should ever leave the forest.

It occurred to me that no words by the tongue of man can express the simplicities of a quiet land, so I returned to the river.

I watched the surrounding landscape with great curiosity, and I wanted to discover the words that could describe all its unspoiled beauty.

Have you ever said, “Well, all we can do now is pray”? . . . When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology

Neighbor… was that the word for "whoring tramp" nowadays?

A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.

I wouldn't mind doing Playboy again. But only if I had creative control.

Through self-knowledge you begin to find out what is God, what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In self-knowledge is the whole universe; it embraces all the struggles of humanity.

Half of all marriages end in divorce- and then there are the really unhappy ones.

History is sympathetic to its authors.

I am not afraid to admit, though slightly ashamed that I Google myself and I see people writing things about me and I get really proud and happy.

Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.