We live in a century in which everything has been said. The challenge today is to learn which statements to deny.

Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations.

I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.

The secret of my success is longevity.

All things, in all their aspects, consist exclusively of 'souls', that is, of various kinds of subjects, or units of experiencing, with their qualifications, relations, and groupings, or communities.

Do you remember which way I was heading?

Courage only counts when you can count.

When you love yourself, utterly and completely, all of yourself, what you will discover then is that you love others, all others, utterly and completely.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not — which is why St. Augustine thanked God for not making him responsible for his dreams.

Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.

Fishing from a boat seems like dilettante bullshit - like hunting wild boar with a can of spray paint from the safety of a pick-up truck

Social media is an ingredient, not an entree.

And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But more power to 'em, I say.

Being dissatisfied and properly dissatisfied with the husk of Hinduism, you are in danger of losing even the kernel, life itself.

Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.