I'm aware that because America is so powerful - with its tentacles reaching out to the world - one doesn't escape it by leaving. This is the most dangerous and disturbing time in my life.

We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.

I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.

I was really worn down by an American society that is racist, smugly blind to it, and hugely self-satisfied.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

People need their history like they need air and food.

We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths.

I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ.

The sight of somebody meditating needs to become commonplace.

If you look into the face of evil, evil's gonna look right back at you

Science is built of facts the way a house is built of bricks but an accumulation of facts is no more science than a pile of bricks is a house.

The best way to improve perspective taking is to see users up close.

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that then heralds a long bull market.

When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe.

The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by them either. Israel is stronger today than ever.

Lifestyle and livelihood are pivotal moral issues.

The Universe doesn't know the difference between a dime and a million. If you refuse the dime, the Universe thinks you don't want money, so you collapse your chances.