“IF YOU LOOK at life's totality you will notice that every living thing exists for something else. The failure to give and receive is followed first by unconsciousness and then death.”

“The very first right of every animal is the right to live. As you cannot give life to a dead creature, you do not have the right to take life away from a living one.”

“The life-giving Spirit is the very one who slays you; the first thing the life-giving Spirit says is that you must enter into death, that you must die to – it is this way in order that you many not take Christianity in vain. A life-giving Spirit – that is the invitation; who would not willingly take hold of it! But die first – that is the halt!”

“You resent death. You regret death. But as for your own life, you know perfectly well that no one can threaten it at all. Death is something that happens to someone else.”

“Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life.”

“People think it’s a failure to live alone. But it isn’t. The failure is to live with someone because you can’t face anything else.”

“When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.”

“We're so saturated with propaganda every way you look that we don't notice it. But when it isn't there, you notice.”

“[Freedom of speech] isn't something somebody else gives you. That's something you give to yourself.”

“The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.”