There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.

Never have so many been manipulated so much by so few.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Having a partner definitely allows you to take more risks.

Some dead people said smart stuff.

I cherish my every connection. I see the other in myself and myself in others.

A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moistens the field.

Truly, whoever possesses little is that much less possessed: praised be a little poverty!

Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.

Real life? Well, I just hope mine isn't investigated. They might find that I don't really exist - that I'm just a hologram.

I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.