In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence.

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

Do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

[I want] a one-armed scientist ... [Who would not qualify his advice with 'on the other hand...']

Following 9/11, intelligence indicated numerous links between al-Qa'eda and Algeria. It began to look as though the roots of jihad could be traced back to the war in Algeria that began 50 years ago.

It's nonsensical to derive a price/earnings ratio by dividing the known current price by unknown future earnings.

When we put people before possessions in our hearts, we are sowing seeds of enduring satisfaction.

I'm a pescatarian - I don't even eat meat!

Empathy for the plight of the Goddess may be essential in seeing how to face our own plight on Earth.

Pay real attention to your basic human instincts when you face gray area decisions, but also try to have a clear sense of when you have done all you can reasonably do.

Those who truly love us will never knowingly ask us to be other than we are

No one drives in Manhattan - in fact, many of the folks who live in Manhattan don't even have driving licenses!

Whoever rises above those who once pleased themselves with equality, will have many malevolent gazers at his eminence.

If you see the good in others and cover their defects with your love, they will follow you. If you see only weaknesses in others, your spirituality will be ruined.