If you haven't surprised yourself$$$ you haven't written.

The misconception which has haunted philosophic literature throughout the centuries is the notion of 'independent existence.' There is no such mode of existence; every entity is to be understood in terms of the way it is interwoven with the rest of the universe.

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience$$$ and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love$$$ and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred.

Never offend an enemy in a small way.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books$$$ and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

America is a land of wonders$$$ in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.

Books can only reveal us to ourselves$$$ and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.

There is nothing worse than a man in the throws of an ether bender.