Pride is a wound, and vanity is the scab on it. One's life picks at the scab to open the wound again and again. In men, it seldom heals and often grows septic.

If you don’t want to be foolish, don’t try to fool anyone.

Power is lonely. Power stands apart. I have power. Therefore, I'm lonely.

No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense.

Be still and know you are loved –Feel the arms of the universeRocking you to its steady hum.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Now and then, there's a fool such as I.

What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away.

Any time you put on the mouthpiece of somebody that you're not, there's a professional responsibility to get it right. I did a great deal of research in both of those arenas.

If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.

Don’t fuss. I love you just as you are, Mercy. I don’t need to swallow you whole, I don’t need to be in your head at all times. I just need to know that you’re there.