I don't judge those who can't dream, those who need to pierce their arms to create different worlds under their skin, because I am fortunate in the tools of my escapes

Violence and resistance are the only answer. Empire has to feel pain or it will never stop devouring you. It is only when a gun is put in a person's face that anything changes

I beg your pardon, sir, said the Frenchman. I am not a coloniser.Well, let’s talk Algeria then. Let’s talk about your culture and your celebrated writers.

Never underestimate a clown with a book.

In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels.

Nothing to be proud of, nothing to regret.

There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.

The moon should be colonised, I thought. Mankind should seek a happier beginning, and humans should be free to stroll hand in hand regardless of their weight and orientation.

So long, I replied, may we all have one good flight before we rest among flowers and the orbits of hungry worms.

This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.

Communists and Muslims are not the enemies to fear in this land, Fly. It is the food consumption that will eventually blow up in everyone’s faces.

It is a tragedy that many of God’s people have conformed themselves to the world and its thinking, rather than being transformed by the renewing of their minds.

I don't think you should ever run from history. You should learn from it and embrace it.

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.

Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.

Even though ashrams... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore.

What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.

Even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing underneath the same bright star.

When we put our keys down, we should be conscious of putting them down. When we pick them up, we should be conscious of picking them up. That's all there is to zen.

When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.