Nothing has changed, except everything.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

Your own guilt is your own fault.

Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening

If we can accept the laws of the universe, the ebb and flow of joy and tragedy, then we have everything we need to embrace our true freedom.

Because when you love someone very much, it's difficult to learn to share her with someone else.

Don't wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle.

I don't think Metallica sits around all day wondering why country music fans don't embrace them.

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China].