Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation... The other eight are unimportant.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.

Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

Living apart and at peace with myself,I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with anothers way of life-so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands Off.

We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.

I had no more need of God than He had of me, and if there were one, I often said to myself, I would meet Him calmly and spit in His face.