Philosophy is explicitness, generality, orientation and assessment. That which one would insinuate, thereof one must speak.

Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism.

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist.

It is nationalism which engenders nations, and not the other way round.

The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry.

A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.

Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own.

People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.

Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution.

America was born modern; it did not have to achieve modernity, nor did it have modernity thrust upon it.

I am a humble adherent of...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism.

For when he was poor, he had an unpretentious heart, but when he became rich, he became filled with arrogance.

It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.

I learn from everything I do, right and wrong. I think it helps me grow as a writer and a person.

It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.

It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money.

Three women walk into a pub and say, 'Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format'

I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise.

God's overriding goal is to glorify Himself.

There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.

Don't run if you can walk. Don't walk if you can stand. Don't stand if you can sit. Don't sit if you can lie down.