I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.

Religion is not an experiment, it is an experience of life through which one is part of the cosmic adventure.

God is so great that the greatness precludes existence.

"thanks" in MaoriGrateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events.

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And I, a twister, love, what I abhor.

I'm a very introverted guy, so I don't need to be around people for as long as someone who's very extroverted to get that sort of social fix per se.

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.

If nothing we do matters... , then all that matters is what we do

Short chaps evolved naturally, but I didn't title and number them till much later. I like short chaps, like short books too, as a rule.

Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries - but it is a force stronger than crime.

For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.