Consciousness, rather than being something that we have, is something we participate in.

The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.

A cannon fires only once but words detonate across centuries

Everyone does magic all the time in different ways. "Life" plus "significance" = magic.

Sometimes you wonder, in an interconnected universe, who's dreaming who?

Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.

There's a palace in your head, boy. Learn to live in it always.

If our shallow, self-critical culture sometimes seems to lack a sense of the numinous or spiritual it's only in the same way a fish lacks a sense of the ocean.

Laugh and the world laughs with you!

I'm the evil mastermind behind the scenes. I'm the wicked puppeteer who pulls the strings and makes you dance. I'm your writer.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

A lake cannot remain stormy for a long time

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.

Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry!

In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

Live and die on this day... Live and die on this day.

Everything in our society is so purposeful.

The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.