You and I can handle certain pressures. We don't feel the need to exaggerate or indulge in, quote, unquote, stress. We're survivors. We have perspective. Remember that.

The world of books is the only paradise there is.

I work out every day - and my daily routine is a mix of functional and strength training.

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history.

Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion.

Meditation, in the beginning, is just replacement thinking. Instead of having the usual negative things that wander around in your mind, you are replacing those with very bright images.

Heroism is not to be won at the point of a pen.

It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.