“All paradises, all utopias are defined by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.[Conversation with Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour, March 9, 1998]”

“People are all crazy... but the craziest are the ones who never allow themselves to be crazy.”

“For some people, promises define who they are- their character, respect for themselves and others, and their integrity.For some people, promises define who they are- for some people, promises are just words.”

“Solitary muttering allows you to say all those things you don't have the courage to say to all those people who aredriving you nuts.”

“I think of all those who believed in a Latin American paradise and died in a Latin American hell.”

“I came to define God by His handiwork: a craftsman who builds the hope of eternity into our genes, a master electrician and chemist who outfits our brains to access another dimension, a guru who rewards our spiritual efforts by allowing us to feel united with all things, an intelligence that pervades every atom and every nanosecond, all time and space, in the throes of death, or the ecstasy of life.”