The utilities and facilities of major corporations can be confiscated and given to democratic collectives

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

A review of summit day photographs will show that I was clothed in the latest, highest quality, high altitude gear, comparable, if not better, than that worn by the other members of our expedition.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.

Not all animal brides are doomed. Not all men are greedy or violent or possessive.

We may not be able to create or control all of the events that impact our lives but we can create and control our responses to everything that we experience.

That best academy, a mother's knee.

We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.

Nothing annoys a 'progressive' like refugees from Communism, who give the lie to the Great Socialist Dream.

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.

I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.