The wonders of a journey consist far more of such intangible experiences and unexpected situations than of factual things and events of material reality.

The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows.

Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

Do not keep what you have selfishly bottled up; pour it out, share it with the world.

The forces which move the cosmos are not different from those which move the human soul.

Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences

The greatest artist is one who expresses what is felt by everybody.

Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.

The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind

And there was something else, it seemed, now permanently part of her life. Doubt, and suspicion too, filled all that there was room for in her waking thoughts.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs.

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different.

It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.

I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.

American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off.