We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Raise the bar higher than your opinion...

Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe and transcends all boundaries.

This dream that men shall cease to waste strength in competition and shall come to pool their powers of production is coming to pass all over the earth.

I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for.

Just as I lay back, she sat up. I sat up, and she flopped back down. Awkward. That was my every move when it came to her. Now we were both lying down, staring up at the blue sky.

When I traveled through Greece in the '90s, everything [Albert Hoxie] taught me came flooding back and I was able to appreciate the art and culture much more because of him.

The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream.

The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.

Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going.

We must shed the old stereotype of anarchists as bearded bomb throwers furtively stalking about city streets at night.