"I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,"

“You must remember that our God has all knowledge and all wisdom, and that therefore it is very possible He may guide you into paths wherein He knows great blessings are awaiting you, but which, to the shortsighted human eyes around you, seem sure to result in confusion and loss.”

Source : St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1326, Moody Publishers

“Would Americans accept if we decided to come here and decide who your rulers should be? So why do you expect us Iranians to accept the idea that the United States shall come in there and decide who shall govern us?Of course, everyone knows that I'm also opposed to the Iranian regime and I have said that we must change the regime. But it is us, the Iranians, that must change the regime.”

Source : Interview With Reese Erlich, www.motherjones.com. March 11, 2007.

“I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.”

“However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.”

Source : James Schuyler (2004). “Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991”

“Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.”

“The nice thing about having a friend who is crazier than you are is that she bolsters your belief in your own sanity.”

“Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!”

“You can indeed be aware of your body, but you can also be aware of your mind - you can right now notice all the thoughts and ideas and images floating in front of the mind's inward eye. You can, in other words, experience your mind, be aware of your mind. And it's very important to experience your mind directly, cleanly, intensely, because only by bringing awareness to the mind can you begin to transcend the mind and be free of its limitations.”

Source : Ken Wilber (1998). “The Essential Ken Wilber”, p.85, Shambhala Publications