“The calendar is a human invention; time does not exist on the spiritual level.”

“His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything in Creation were a dream...an illusion. He smiled with humility when he remembered...”

“I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from being bored, and in therapy I invent stories to keep from boring the psychologist.”

“No existe luz sin sombra, tal como no existe dicha sin dolor.”

“A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.”

“As Sancho said, money does not buy happiness but it does buy nearly everything else.”

“There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.”