I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.

The more we see ourselves as a vibrant, successful, inspiring person who boldly declares and manifests her vision, the more we become just that.

Most people play the role that belongs to someone else

I prefer male enemies to female ones

As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve.

Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

I am naive. I make mistakes - But I don't give a rat's arse how I am perceived!

Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.

I've been singing my whole life. I'd randomly sing in the hallways at high school, and all my friends would be like, 'You should sing on 'Canadian Idol'!" It definitely gassed me!

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.