Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.

The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic.

The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.

And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.