“But anyone who deliberately tries to get himself elected to a public office is permanently disqualified from holding one.”

“Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.”

“Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.”

“The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.”

“An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected.”

“...anyone wishing to hold office will be disqualified from being a candidate based on his desire to hold office.”

“When you sense that your dark night is one of pregnancy and oceanic return, you could react accordingly and be still. Watch and wonder. Take the human embryo as your model. Assume the fetal position, emotionally and intellectually. Be silent. Float in your darkness as if it were the waters of the womb, and give up trying to fight your way out or make sense of it.”