Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

plantitIt will sproutBut forget about the rustic festivitiesFor the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal throughthe compact generations

It is a dangerous thing to unbelieve something only because it frightens you.

If a man does not treat you like a princess during courtship, he will not treat you like a queen during marriage.

I know it is unpopular. I know the timing is unpopular. I know the whole thing is unpopular. But I believe it is the right thing.

Call me any name you like I will never deny it.

As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.

A man´s level of dignity must always be above his level of fear.

I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Express yourself, don't hurt yourself.