As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill.

A child is not to blame for being immersed in a certain environment and handed down complexes

That in my left pocket I have "heaven"... doesn't mean that in my right pocket I don't have "hell".

Communication creates collaboration. Big ears are better than big egos. When you’re not listening, ask good questions.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear seeing it for what it is is the only way of putting it to rest.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

The only possible paradises are those we have lost

I'm not much of a conformist.

I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.

The only country that can stop North Korea is China.