Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it.

Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else.

Freedom, you see, is having events go in accordance with our will, never contrary to it.

So what oppresses and scares us? It is our own thoughts, obviously, What overwhelms people when they are about to leaves friends, family, old haunts and their accustomed way of life? Thoughts.

And where there is ignorance, there is also want of learning and instruction in essentials.

We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life.

It isn't death, pain, exile or anything else you care to mention that accounts for the way we act, only our opinion about death, pain and the rest.

There was little Hiroko Tanaka hadn’t learnt about the shameful resilience of the human heart.

You live not only for yourself but for others.

The philosopher seeks a generality beyond the boundaries of science

I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale.

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn’t want to be an actor.

Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round

I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive.

When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.

Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.

There will be other forms in addition to our classic marriage. One is already looming on the horizon: polyamory, or having more than one intimate partner.