“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”

“We are in the monsoons and we must weather it out - the way of wisdom is, instead of pining for calmer days, to learn to live wisely and well in the midst of continuous strain.”

“It is the vocation of the Christian in every generation to out-think all opposition.”

“The mind becomes like that on which it feeds.”

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees whose shade you never expect to sit under.”

“Any closer would unravel her mystery, the very thing which made her so truly beautiful...It was her mystery that he adored. He was in love with everything that he did not know about her... No real sexual encounter could ever match the secret one that he could nurture in his imagination... No living flesh could ever be the erotic equal of flesh kept private, untouchable and unknowable”

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East -- you're as good as dead.”