Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits almost without resistance to the domineering power.

This society eliminates geographical distance only to produce a new internal separation.

All uncertainly is fruitful... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

I'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock market, and he tries to explain it to me, and I find it terrifying.

So our lives glide on: the river ends we don't know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore.

To be sexy, nudes need a little underwear.

You need a story to displace a story.

Just like in Christianity or Buddhism, obviously there are certain practices that dictate one's life, but I don't think you can say all Muslim women are a certain way.

You got spark You you got spunk You you got something all the girls want