For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you...

If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother.

Aptitude without Attitude is Blind

There's no question that the mind-body connection is real, even if we can't quantify it. Hope is one of the greatest weapons we have to fight disease.

I'm a huge fan of classic sci-fi.

I like making mini-movies rather than just three-minute, place-the-champagne-here-for-sponsorship videos.

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you.

Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees

And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.