Reductionism is merciless.

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

. . . all meaning comes from analogies.

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

I thank God for seeing the miracle of a new morning.

Make your choiceMake your dreamsYou will find your wayAnd those will come true (Insya Allah)

So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

Choosing an agenda that supports the apparatuses of racial violence always pays better.

My idea is, I shine, you shine. If I'm doing well and you're with me, you do well.

Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities.

It's easier for me to go to Russia and train with top coaches and choreographers there than go to Colorado Springs and train with 14 of my competitors.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

When you're on a sleeper at night, take your pocketbook and put it in a sock under your pillow. That way, the next morning you won't forget your pocketbook cause you'll be looking for your sock.