We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.

My choice is what I choose to do, And if I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you.Your choice is who you choose to be, And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me.

Writer is a miner

It's important to talk about fringe-of-the-fringe experiences, not just to show the humanity of intuitives, but to show humanity the commonness of intuition.

The downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression.

My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.

I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain.

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

Turkey will "inevitably" join the EU in our lifetime unless we vote to leave.

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations...