I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

I sort of figured we'd be dating. It makes things like sharing a room a little easier.

... nothing broke my heart like the slow death of a shared joke that had once seemed genuinely funny.

I would have liked to be a comedian in the '20s, or maybe even a comedian on the Mayflower and have a statue somewhere.

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.

I love doing Pilates and dance. It's fun to mix things up and change your program every ten days.

He said, "People wait their whole lives for the kind of happiness we have.

Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.

In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

A man is nothing but breath and shadow.

The first thing that intellect does with an object is to class it with something else.