Those who ignore history's lessons in the ultimate folly of war are forced to do more than relive them ... they may be forced to die by them.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Behind every Plagiarism there is Google

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

Do we profess to love Christ? Then let us show it by our lives.

Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.

A man who has nothing he is willing to die for has nothing worth living for

A man with a warm heart is no different than a warm house in the middle of a bitter winter!

I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.

I think we got much better poetry when it was all regarded as sinful or subversive, and you had to hide it under the cushion when somebody came in.

Before we can build the world we want to live in, we have to imagine it.

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.