The belief that life on earth arose spontaneously from nonliving matter, is simply a matter of faith in strict reductionism and is based entirely on ideology.

I had never seen the end of day and the beginning of the night greet each other. We were caught in the loveliness between the two. A House Like a Lotus

Self-determination is self-reliance.

We don't seek anyone out. We just wait and hope that people who want the same things come along.

Competition in business is a blessing, for without it, we wouldn't be motivated to improve.

I like to make sculpture because it makes my life social. When I make drawings, I work alone. When I work with sculpture I have someone I can work with.

There's no point starting something you don't intend to finish.

Jealousy knows more than truth does.

I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation.

The age of puberty is a crisis in the age of man worth studying. It is the passage from the unconscious to the conscious; from thesleep of passions to their rage.

I feel quite confident there will never be a plane on the face of the Earth with my name on it.