“God gave us our relatives: thank god we can choose our friends.”

“Knowledge is power...if you know it about the right person.”

“Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful…”

“It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt”

“and then ah God”

“God doesn't make junk”

“Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments.”