Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge.

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.

The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)

It isn't whether you do it well or ill, it's that you do it all.

If you think that I'm nuts, you may be right. But I'm a nut with a positive attitude, baby!

I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.

Strain every nerve to gain your point.

It’s Adria’s face I see when I think of home.

In Gospel grammar, death is not an exclamation point, merely a comma.

I unsettle all things.

Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.