To climb the highest peaks, to travel through… celestial space, to turn our searchlights upon domains of eternal darkness, that is what makes life worth living.

Exploration is the sport of the scientist

[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.

We take a last look out of the window at the night, and I send a silent wish to everyone out there for this kind of warmth.

I'm a sucker for a man who giggles—not a high-pitched serial-killer sort of giggle, but a lighthearted laugh.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinking that clear cool glass of love.

Sexuality, I think, is a little bit different, for me, than it is for most people, in that there's almost no body awareness whatsoever. It's just light, but that's how everything is for me.

When you go into samadhi, either salvikalpa or nirvikalpa, what happens is you erase, you loosen, the aggregates. You simplify them.

Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears, Roses do blush and hang their heads

Eggs are very much like small boys. If you overheat them or over beat them, they will turn on you and no amount of future love will right the wrong.

Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.

We are to serve everyone we encounter, even those who we might consider "the least."