Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.

The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests.

Duality is always secretly unity.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no greening of themselves will hardly bring about the greening of America. The idea of 'greening' involves color, flowering, freshness of spring, and, above all, respect for what is organic and vegetative as distinct from the mechanical and metallic.

The 'you' who you think you are does not exist.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.