“You're never too old to be young.”

“I do not live in the present ... I AM the present.”

“The future belongs to the one most fully alive in the present.”

“Worry is absence of faith.”

“See with your own eyes, hear with your own ears, think your own thoughts, say what you must say, do what you must do, love all that you can and stand on your own two feet.”

“You're never alone when you're a schizophrenic. — Of course I talk to myself, I often find that it's the only way to have an intelligent conversation”

“All I'm trying to say is that if you're not willing to observe this, if you're just going to condemn it, you're never going to see it. It's there, whether you like it or not. This is stupid life-force we're dealing with here," he said. "Think how old it is, Jim. Think how huge it is. Understanding it doesn't make any difference.”