We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths.

We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.

I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.

I was really worn down by an American society that is racist, smugly blind to it, and hugely self-satisfied.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

People need their history like they need air and food.

I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ.

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around.

Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one else has taken...yet.

To waste time is to lose life

So many wants distract man from his divine purpose.

I want to stand on the belief that great things are the product of ordinary people who are made great when they stand.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

This is great if you know all those "not to do" strategies. Sometimes you learn the "not to do's" by doing. The key is to fail forward fast. Try, fail, learn, and quickly try again.

It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.

I wanted to work in the arts. My dream come true would be to be an architectural historian and work with the royal palaces and all the fabulous art collections. But I'm not committed enough.

I have the mouth of a sailor.

Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.