It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.

The deeper and richer a personality is, the more full it is of paradox and contradiction. It is only a shallow character who offers us no problems of contrast.

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.

Life is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you have the right insurance everything is going to be fine. That's not what it's really like. Terrible things happen. And those are the things we learn from.

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?