The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.

Threaten the balances of justice and you threaten the potential enlargements of mind and soul. Therefore justice is part of the safeguarding of the heart.

Certainty is usually a sign of pathology.

It began in images and it ended in symbolism.

Alienation and loneliness plant the seeds for rebellion and consciousness.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.

If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.

Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory.

Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

Sometimes, to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy.

Books should not be loved selfishly. Neither books nor anything else, in fact.

Be yourself and believe in your abilities.

I don't see myself as an icon, because I just wear whatever I want to wear.

Opportunities are problems in search of solutions.

True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?

It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.

You should have a picture of yourself as a kid in your home so that you remember where you came from.

A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to, because it’s your calling.

It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.