I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

We now doubt Aristotle, understand Shakespeare only with footnotes.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

Neither happiness nor grief are everlasting in this life - but one of the two is everlasting in the next. Which one do you want?

I'm just not gonna let up until I know I've done absolutely everything I can for New Yorkers.

Knowing that language has done so much, we want to believe that it can do everything.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

Being thin is not more important than enjoying life

In a way, the cancer became an ally because it stopped me from running around so much. I was able to settle down and write things I hadn't had a chance to before.

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.