Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies.

Krishna was once asked what was the most miraculous thing in all creation, and he replied, "That a man should wake each morning and believe deep in his heart that he will live forever, even though he knows that he is doomed.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

It is a paradox. Life is that way. God designed it that way. I believe I met him once. He was full of mischief.

There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence.

One does not beg for a glass of water from the devil.