California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

If I am in that position, you will see change because I have experience change as a Christian.

There is but a gentle stillness inside every cerebral. Tiny waterfalls of blood vessels rushing, becoming lethal.

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?

I think we're just going to have to live with the microcosm in the electronic world of the kind of things that we might see in the physical world.

The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.

I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.