Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated.

The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.

Just as you can practice three-word sentences or sentences that travel across time zones, so can you practice writing sentences that breathe unshakable conviction.

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'

Sentences can save us. Who could ask for anything more?

The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them.

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

It may sound paradoxical, but verbal fluency is the product of many hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is the product of hours spent repeating scales.

Sentence writers are not copyists; they are selectors.

People write or speak sentences in order to produce an effect, and the success of a sentence is measured by the degree to which the desired effect has been achieved.

Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.

Fullness of joy is discovered only in the emptying of will.

You ought to give thanks to the Lord.

Shhhhh, I am trying to read.

There are times in life when you must seclude yourself and battle your thoughts. There are also times when you must call in the troops. The key is knowing when to make the call.

The soul is a living, dynamic part of each person. It exists as consciousness and therefore must be found in consciousness.

We have done a tremendous disservice, not only to Middle East, we've done a tremendous disservice to humanity.

You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!

It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens only, while taking possession of the earth for itself.

Everyone's dying. A little, every day. Make it count.