The sordid qualities imputed to the enemy are always those which we recognize as our own and therefore rise to slay, because only through projection do we realize the enormity and horror of them.

The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.

...when you are convinced that all the exits are blocked, either you take to believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. The miracle is that the honey is always there, right under your nose, only you were too busy searching elsewhere to realize it. The worst is not death but being blind, blind to the fact that everything about life is in the nature of the miraculous.

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

The more I wrote, the more I became a human being. The writing may have seemed monstrous (to some) for it was a violation, but I became a more human individual because of it. I was getting the poison out of my system.

Prayers are offered up daily - without charge... Refreshments are served when demanded.

The best technique is none at all.