The spine should be empty so that energy moves up and down. I always felt this way as a child.

Each asana is like a piece of music that has a certain characteristic, a certain power.

The art of living is simply the art of using energy in an intelligent and creative way.

Service or giving is the other side of receiving. Giving and receiving is a full circle: a full circle feels more natural than a half circle.

Be a little kinder to each other.

My first psychedelic experience with Aldous still directs my life today.

If you decide that you are making love to have a child then you are to prepare. Prepare physiologically, spiritually, and know that you have enough money to give him what you have to give him.

You would think that as you get older you would be more disciplined. As I get older I get less disciplined. I just play around!

The unequal distribution of food is one of the world's most tragic facts. Millions of people die because they have too little to eat, and many die because they have too much.

Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes too small.

Most furniture is not made for people - they are made for the people who sell them.

It is easy to promise, and alas! How easy to forget!

The day after tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life - that way you've always got a couple of days in hand.

Nothing that ever happens is so unimportant that it doesn't change things.

I like being hired to do more and more stuff. Carry more and more responsibility. It's nice I'm getting that trust.

I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.

It's crazy in just the difference it makes turning up to sound check without a hangover.

I have a horror of sunsets; they're so romantic, so operatic.

Only when we're broken are we whole.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.