So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own.

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.

There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.

At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.

Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise.

Bin Laden's death is just a punctuation point on a set of problems they've had for a long time. I think the prognosis for al-Qaida and groups like it is really bad, and that's a good thing.

Most Muslims don't want to live in some Taliban-style utopia, which is what bin Laden and allied groups are offering.

And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

The jobless recovery in Maine is much more of a reality than we thought it was.

The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.

The Shobogenzo is an enormous work that captures the vastness of Dogen's realization. Kaz, over many years, threaded the beads of these many fascicles into a great mala of wisdom.

Design provides solutions, art asks questions.

I've always liked doubles. When you scald the ball on a line to the gap, I think that's about as close to a perfect swing as you can get.

There's always some further action to take.

Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?

It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.