By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity.

Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects.

One basic formula for understanding the Community is this: 'Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all.'

Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi.

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.

The extra opinions and the extra praise is just a bonus, it's not the main thing. The main thing is how I feel about myself. And I feel really good about myself.

I'm what is known as perimenopausal. "Peri", some of you may know, is a Latin prefix meaning 'SHUT YOUR FLIPPIN' PIE HOLE'.

Lawyers are natural politicians.

Life yields only to the conqueror.

The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.

It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.

You have to get out in the world and meet folks on their own turf, something which a lot of urban radical intellectuals seldom do.

If you're not entertaining, what the hell's the point?