Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

You must run around like a crazy person or walk sedately honoring the dead.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult.

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is tantalizing. You can't quite make it out; and because the imagination is always moving forward, you yourself are constantly stretching. Stories are the way spirit is exercised.