Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

Don't allow the circumstances to stop you from pursuing your passion.

Self-love is often equated with self-esteem but when it makes you blind to your own faults and gives you an inflated ego, it is time to introspect.

If all the year were playing holidays To sport would be as tedious as to work.

I'm a big believer in what's called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions.

A thinker is a person.

The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.

If you are not willing to pay the price for freedom, you don't deserve freedom.

My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.