Dogmatism is by far the best fall-back defense, the most impregnable castle, that ignorance can find. It's also a dead give-away that the person doesn't know why he believes what he believes.

Nothing shows lack of conscience better than bold-faced lying.

I have never said authoritarians are pathological

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

Politics is an enemy of productivity

Don’t try to control yourself, just learn to monitor your thoughts.

The moment the light of your being becomes bright, darkness will melt away to reveal the brightness of your consciousness.

Everything and nothing are the same in the Absolute.

The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."pg 337

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

The critic interested in a novel manifestation holds his criteria and taste in reserve. Since they were formed upon yesterday's art, he does not assume that they are ready-made for today.

I really like doing television shows, and I anticipated doing a comedy, because thats the place I feel the most comfortable - those are the risks I want to take.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.