To be a Communist or to be somebody who believes in the future is a curious thing. So you have to live with people around you, you have to be with the people.

Leadership is another word for preparation.

I consider this a kind of neoliberalism of the Left, this rise and promotion of spontaneity above preparation.

The best intentions (of respect and tolerance) can often be annoying to those whose cultures are not in dominance: we feel that we are often zoological specimens.

Where there is a living memory of struggle, they have a living memory of the rebellion. Where there's no struggle afterward the rebellion is forgotten.

To build a mass movement, nonviolence is indispensable.

I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.

You cannot have politics without building mass-movements.

You see often it's not ideas, it's inertia, it's bureaucratism, it's all the other things that sometimes come in the way of a good idea.

Where there is no history of struggle after an uprising, the living memory dies.

When you are threatened, when your life is threatened, you have to fight back.

God doesn't punish us.We do that all by ourselves.

Messy love is better than none.I guess. I'm no authorityon sane living.

People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.

Gathering eggs is commonsense

Prayer is the main dish. Everything else is gravy.

Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

Even if things look very precise and very organized, chaos is always there. But I like the moment of chaos to be at the beginning. I cannot deal with the chaos at the end.

How would it be if we discovered that aliens only stopped by earth to let their kids take a leak?

I have two kinds of Facebook friends: Those who know what 'DFTBA' means, and those who don't.