Do you think it is better to fail at something worthwhile, or succeed at something meaningless

Why had he assumed time was some sort of infinite resource? Now the hourglass had busted open, and what he’d always assumed was just a bunch of sand turned out to be a million tiny diamonds.

Karass: A group of people linked in a cosmically significant manner, even when superficial linkages are not evident

Fiction described reality better than non-fiction.

It occurred to Anita that hatred and dislike and even indifference were all luxuries, born of the mistaken belief that anything could last forever.

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

If you get your mind right, you get your life right.

Your chances of creating deeply hinge on the quality of your awareness state.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument.

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

The more we pray, the more we sense our need to pray. And the more we sense a need to pray, the more we want to pray.

Fundamentalists can't take a joke. Ever. They want us to blindly obey, parrot everything they do, and believe in their dogmas.

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this.