“When you are around people who are really suffering, you get to experience some of their suffering and that can make you stronger in your faith.”

“Insanity is refusal to stay in the present as other people experience it. You see, insanity is really like getting caught in a time warp. You can't find your way out. So at some point, people make a decision that they'd rather be with the insanity as others have defined it, then to play in the game that most other people have accepted as reality.”

“Some people think and say that we came here to suffer. Hmmmmmmm. I don’t think so.”

“If you set up your life so that the people you need you, that's ok. If you set up your life so that you don't need anyone - then you need to be prepared for the experience of aloneness.”

“Some people are afraid of being alone – really alone. We need this experience in order to realize that we really are totally alone. How could that be, since we have all these characters. Look at all those characters we’re carrying around within us. An actual traveling circus.”

“When you’re by yourself you can act as mature as you want, or as silly as you want – it makes no difference.”

“Really, when you think about it, how can God speak through everybody? Hmmmmmm.”