Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.

You can't see both sides of one coin at once, can you, child? The god of money always keeps a secret.The god of money was also the god of spies.

Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.

I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.

Well, folks. That's the greatest open in the history of television -- bar none!

For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.

They didn't crucify Christ because they liked what he said.

As long as you are still fighting in defense of your dignity and for your occupied land, all is well.

Look what a little vain dust we are!

Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.

The culture isn't set up to embrace what we think and feel. Any doubt about that, just watch the ads on TV. They tell you where the dominant culture's values are - and they're not vegan!