Children, for whom suburban life was supposed to make wholesome little Johns and Wendys, became the acid-dropping, classroom-burning hippies of the 1960s.

Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the world through a lens.

Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike.

Heroes come along when you need them.

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

The way is yours for the asking - the way is yours for the taking. The way is as it should be.

Black Creek Burning: “It was a polite, white lie, ” Brie whispered. “I’ll have to remember you think that way, ” Nathan said.

The war could kill the faith in him, too, if he was not strong or careful enough. He could feel it fluttering within him sometimes, a bird in a cage of knives. Its own blood on its face and wings.

The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)

Master your responses to external events--don't attempt to control them.

I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a café, I'll run out right away and come back with the police.

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.

Life gives meaning to life. The answer to the meaning of life is hidden right there inside the question.

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.