"As to abuse, I thrive on it. Abuse, hearty abuse, is a tonic to all save men of indifferent health."

"I was a lovely tree, in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me; but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low."

"Jacobi's book On Divine Things does me no good. How could I welcome the book of a dearly beloved friend in which I found the proposition that 'nature conceals God'. Is it not natural that according to…"

"We need to marry the entire spectrum of sexually reproductive health and rights and advocate for both at the same level – because without the rights there is no health, and without the health there ar…"

"One has to reach to the absolute state of awareness: that is Zen. You cannot do it every morning for a few minutes or for half an hour and then forget all about it. It has to become like your heartbea…"