Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences.

To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is – in other words, not a thing, but a think.

Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.

It is interesting to note that everyone has a different take on the world, a different opinion, and given the same inputs have completely different outputs.

If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.

The body, then, has a mind of its own. It must follow, then, that the Mind has a body of its own, even if it’s like nothing that we can see around us, or have ever seen.

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.

An unjust punishment is never forgotten.

A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity.

If the spirit of your imagination is limited, your journey of discovery will be very short.

People appeared to have no clue how truly horrible they were.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.

The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

I have always been able to write on the spot. It is a talent that I guess comes naturally.

Psychology motivates the quality of analysis and puts it to use. Psychology is the driver and analysis is the road map.

Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio.

The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.