People intrinsically know there are secrets being held from us. Look at WikiLeaks: There are secrets that are really true to the world.

Dont let your fear paralyze you. Prepare yourself not only technically, but also emotionally.

If you don't know something, admit it. But, try to impress them with what you do know.

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.

I hate all generalisations.

We do not actually know other people; we only know our judgments.

Even secular humanism has great spiritual resources; it is almost like a religion to me.

It was genuinely eye-opening for me to read Tolstoy or Steinbeck or Colette for the first time and to feel as though they were speaking to me.

It was simultaneously refreshing and a bit shocking to see how cavalierly most Aussies toss out slurs and insults about nonwhites.

Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.

To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it.

Judges are appointed often through the political process

It's usually the stupid people that develop long illnesses. You need more than indolence and selfishness, you need endurance to make a good patient.