What if we were to take seriously the possibility that our students have a rich and authoritative inner life and tried to nourish it rather than negate it?

Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other?

There must be a mirror to show the soul to itself before the soul can begin to gather its courage.

The economy of gift, of art, is fundamentally opposed to the economy of war.

What do you do for ecstasy?

Never take someone for granted based on your perception and act on it, for that would yield in ultimate disaster!

You still don't get it, do you, Margaret?' Kat smiled almost sadly. 'We never had to steal the Antony. All we had to do was get it next to the Cleopatra and switch the signs.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

It seems to me that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves

It is possible to ruin a chicken in the cooking of it, but not easily. Short of burning it or letting it get dried out, you can hardly go wrong.

Seems like the only kind of job an American can get these days is committing suicide in some way.

My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the Volition, and not of the intellectual faculties.

You never get over bein' a child long's you have a mother to go to.

Hey, man. Where have you been? (Dev) Out and about. You? (Talon) (Dev gave him a wicked grin.) Mostly in and out. (Dev)

To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.