It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say 'amen.'

For one crime which is expiated in prison ten thousand are committed thoughtlessly by those who condemn.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Surrealism is merely the reflection of the death process. It is one of the manifestations of a life becoming extinct, a virus which quickens the inevitable end.

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.