A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.

And in the middle of the lake the woman I'd spoken with floated on her back, eyes closed, as if nothing in her many years had ever gone wrong.

The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present.

Wealth announces itself with what's easy to break and impossible to clean. The chairs were all curvy works of art that turned sitting into yoga exercises.

Never forget the first three letters of confidence.

The stomach is not the only vital organ that hungers.

Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence.

In order to become the chisel that breaks the marble inside us, the artist must first become the hammer." [Soviet censor of paintings and photos]

There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.

We were created to make the impossible possible.

When a person becomes aware of their genius and they live it and they give generously from it, they change the world, they affect the world. And when they depart everyone knows something is missing.

It would be desirable if every government when it comes to power should have its old speeches burnt.

I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie.

Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.

Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.

Rhetoric paints with a broad brush.

If you have an offense against me, do you know you can't repent of my sin? You can only plead your own personal pardon at the throne of God.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.