Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do.

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

Writing is a solitary endeavor, being an author is not.

The change which the writing wrought in me (and of which I did not write) was only a beginning; only to prepare me for the gods' surgery. They used my own pen to probe my wound.

People don’t pay much attention to anything unless you give them reason to

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.

I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but I'm not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary. This is just one shell. Because we Hawaiians live in both worlds.

I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.

Well-meant ignorance is a grievous calamity in high places.

Most people like to live in illusions.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.