Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

Aloneness, like life, becomes more interesting when you realize it's a present.

Collect treasures that have meaning only to you. Put them in a special place, and explain them to no one, except when you're giving interviews to Time magazine.

Cultivate night-blooming jasmine near your bedroom window, and dream of men you've always longed for.

I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail.

All are dead, and ourselves left alone amidst a new generation whom we know not, and who know us not.

Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.

Would you rather have an overachieving 3-Star, or an underachieving 5-Star?

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

I have been a Professor Emeritus since 1958, and have continued my scientific studies.

L.A. makes you feel ugly.

The work of creation is never without travail.

I think the whole idea of home is central to who we are as human beings.

I have built my world through Native American mythology.