We would do well to ask ourselves the kind of fundamental questions posed by [Buruma's] erudite and thought-provoking book.

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

The American people are going to have a good choice.

Who am I? is the only question worth asking and the only one never answered.

Awakening is not changing who you are, but discarding who you are not.

I think, that if I touched the earth, It would crumble; It is so sad and beautiful, So tremulously like a dream.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

No one will take better care of your dream than you.

Satan has his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

The heart wants to go on; that is its dharma. For unless it moves, it dies.