Discussion in America means dissent.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

When God will have any great matters done, he sets his people's hearts to work at prayer by a kind of gracious instinct. He stirs them up and moves their hearts by the influence of his Holy Spirit.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes ennui of the higher ones.

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

To invent something you have to be removed from the world. In order to have liberty to imagine something better, you need to step outside for a while.

A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique.

Fighting disparities is very significant.

Sometimes suffering is a weird attraction.

If I don't have time to live my life well the first time, when am I going to find the time to go back and live it over?

I've been to Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait for brief visits at conferences, and they are very interesting countries.