In the kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens.

Hope, like faith, is a principle of action. It motivates and inspires. We do not sit in our armchairs and hope for hope; we get up and go to work.

I accept love and bliss from benevolent, highly vibrational spirit friends for my highest good.

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid rich and fanciful.

The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

Both the physicist and the mystic want to communicate their knowledge, and when they do so with words their statements are paradoxical and full of logical contradictions.

Rolling Stone hates me. They must have an editorial policy to do me in for many years.

There the door is always open into the “holy” — growth, birth, death.

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.

Fishing is a pleasure of retirement, yet the angler has the power to let the fish live or die.