Life is a biography, not a series of disconnected moments, more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them.

When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.

A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.

Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.

If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse.

Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place.

There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.

Do I grow cleverer with age, or does the world grow more stupid?

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

A conditioned mind is never a free mind.

The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.

When you are mindful of Spirit and connecting to the breath with an open heart, that is yoga.

In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother.

Every time someone buys a cat or a dog from a breeder or a pet shop, a cat on the streets or in an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a good home.

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

The station was tight, aggressive ... the deejays at times sounding as if they were broadcasting at gunpoint.

The plays raise issues that are ignored in other forums.