In 1805, the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, making their way across the West, were warned by American Indian tribes of grizzly bears' awesome strength.

Beneath the violet pillar, in the vacuum before the roar of the cloud, there came a soft sound that might have been heard by those who listened closely: the gentle sigh of an idea unbound.

We need empathy, we need the eyes that still can weep.

Suffering itself is beloved: love and suffering are far closer to each other than love and pleasure.

We're so many, we're so hard to distinguish from each other, but we long to be distinguished.

Stay in these rooms for years and years, live on forever in a glorious museum.

The gun is mightier than the pen, was our true opinion, and the RPG is mightier still.

Suffering ignites the spark of contact with the sublime and offers proof of humanity.

One man’s weakness is another man’s mercy.

Helplessness was the one true fountain of youth.

What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve.

Joblessness is a blessing

The seer does not see, by choice, what the blind can see by default... from within.

Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides.

Someone should love you. I will bite him if he will not.

To fight, we must have oil for our machine.

Disappear Here. The syringe fills with blood. You're a beautiful boy and that's all that matters. Wonder if he's for sale. People are afraid to merge. To merge.

Reverse the typical American meal pattern and instead eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper.

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.

How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!

And changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good.