His mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased.

I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.

Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe.

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.

I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity.

In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium derivatives were the only painkillers. And he said it helped a little. He might as well have said, "Religion is the aspirin of the people."