What you desire you call into being.

My mother was my first jealous lover.

The past can be tamed and controlled.

[On Werner Erhard, founder of est:] If I wanted a new belief system, I'd choose to believe in God - He's been in business longer than Werner, and He has better music.

The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

it's perfectly possible to hate one's fat and to love one's body at the same time.

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.