The knowable world is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular.

The genius of culture is to create an ontological system so compelling that what is inside and outside of a person are viewed as of a piece, no seams and patches noticeable.

As long as there is still one beggar around, there will still be myth.

You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.

The cheap but simple human emotion of envy is the driving force of all socialism, of all anti-capitalist philosophy. It is the mark of the intellectual.

Faith isn't figuring out what we're able to do, it's deciding what we're going to do - even when we think we can't.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker.

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

Paris is my favorite city in the world. The men are so beyond gorgeous, especially the humpy Arab men. But I could never live in Paris, it's a boutique city.