Even when you sign a treaty like I think [Richard] Nixon did, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, George W. Bush reneged on it. He got out of. So any treaty can be withdrawn from.

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field...The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

You're all welcome in California.

The volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases.

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Check out my web site, wtp.org, to see what fast food did to 2 people in England.

Find that person who will make your whole world tremble with a few words. Apprentice yourself faithfully to him until you can make your own world tremble constantly.

Life is full of disparate details arbitrarily joined together by dreams, pain and yearning. I do not long for sense, but I call for emotion and imagination amidst this chaos.

You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you.

Is it possible that we never feel grown-up because, as our capabilities increased with age, so increased our responsibilities?

My swag was phenomenal.

The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.

I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.