cheered by the optimism that one sometimes had at the beginning of strenuous exercise, a kind of helium that filled our lungs and carried us along

This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

no one asks poor people if they want war.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored.

That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others.

You are here to live your purpose not to please others. If they truly respect you they will respect your choices too.

When the sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.

I feel sorry for you, Detective Esteban. Because I'm all out of patience, and you're all out of time. I'm sure we'll see each other again someday. In Hell. Save a seat for me.

God created every heart, every person for relationship. Connection has the power to both impact a person's life today as well as their eternal destiny.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

Are there any swamps in Oklahoma? Yes, there is. It's called Tulsa.

Nobody ever said that growing old would be easy. Just having to hold the newspaper out in your forties and then hair growing out of unusual parts of your body in your fifties. It's tough on the ego.

Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.

No sustainable development, environmental harmony or lasting security will happen if we are unable to eradicate hunger and extreme inequality

He who serves the most, reaps the most, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.