The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.

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.

Being friendzoned is like standing near fire. You stand there to seek some warmth, but get burnt instead.

Most of your innovation is hiding in plain sight, you are institutionally blinded by your legacy systems and culture.

I am results-oriented.

Eventually I'd like to have a family. I'd like to not be limping around when I'm 50 years old.

War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.

God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

You don't need a vacation when there's nothing to escape from.

I adore Madonna. She reinvents herself like no one else.