Wisdom warns against desire, but there is power in wanting, power that can fuel the will and keep lit that precious torch, hope.

I give myself to adjectives body and soul, I die with pleasure for them.

We do want to be diverted and be interested and be provoked by popular culture - by art, if we're lucky. And it's amazing how often people have lost sight of this.

I like a mysterious man. I like a man who reads and is knowledgeable about the world, but who doesn’t have to brag about it.

If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

In pursuit of a more natural life, perhaps we ought to sit a little less and sweat a little more.

Sometimes pantheists will use the term "pandeism" to underscore that they share with the deists the idea that God is not a personal God who desires to be worshipped.

I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there's other times we say, "You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part."

The root of democracy is in mass education. This foundation becomes stronger, when the citizens of tomorrow, our children are also educated about the electoral process.

If you are going to make a book end badly, it must end badly from the beginning.

I loved this smart, funny, big-hearted novel. As hilarious and wise as early Philip Roth, The Mathematician's Shiva will delight and move you.