For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

A bit of fantasy can be good for ones heart

The true soldier fights

They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

All men are Jews, though few men know it.

If you think that you are less than them, can you blame them for thinking they are better?

I'm a Pilates person. It's great. I had a hip problem. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip problem and it's completely solved all of it. I love it. It makes me feel like I'm taller.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

A cross without offense to the world is a cross without power in the world.

People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.