The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

A mind that is interested in changing...is interested precisely in the things that are at extremes. I'm certainly like that. Unless we go to extremes, we won't get anywhere.

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction.

Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.

Guy Nearing told us it's a good idea when hunting mushrooms to have a pleasant goal, a waterfall for instance, and, having reached it, to return another way. When, however, we're obliged to go and come back by the same path, returning we notice mushrooms we hadn't noticed going out.

We only hear what we listen for.