The Declaration of Independence states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he does not forget the One who endowed him with it.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Not everyone is violent in a violence infected country or society. In those countries and societies many parents unknowingly teach their children hatred and violence.

Have you ever met a dragon that couldn't talk?

I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places.

Needing and getting don’t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do.

I'll get out of this city alive, even if it kills me!

Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.

We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.

Real humanity presents a mixture of all that is most sublime and beautiful with all that is vilest and most monstrous in the world.

the most successful marriages were always based on both partners feeling that they had done rather well for themselves.

Slashdot. I did that.