There are places one comes home to that one has never been to.

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn't care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and firm flesh with equal love.

In memory Venice is always magic.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

[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.

Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . .