“Never on the earth of man has he lived so tidily as here amidst such psychological disorder.”

“There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don't exist in Asia.”

“Her mind lives tidily, apart from cold and noise and pain. And bolts the door against her heart, out wailing in the rain.”

“Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.”

“Here I was, sitting with the boys of the first team in cognitive psychology, personality psychology, developmental psychology [at Stanford and Harvard], and in the midst of this I felt here were men and women who, themselves were not highly evolved beings. Their own lives were not fulfilled.”

“Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth.”

“The wise man who has charge of governing the empire should know the cause of disorder before he can put it in order. Unless he knows its cause, he cannot regulate it.”

“The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.”

“A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.”

“Man, who is the noblest part of the earth, melts so away as if he were a statue, not of earth, but of snow.”