One of the pleasures of travel is to dive into places where others are compelled to live and come out unscathed, full of the malicious pleasure of abandoning them to their fate.

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

Your mind can go ahead and imagine what it wants to imagine, but a true friend will always remain true, in spite of the false messages running through your mind.

If you aren't living in the reality of your dream, you surely haven't given it your possible best.

I travel the world, and I can see in Toronto the cooking is very personal. These people cook with their hearts.

I've had good times; I've had bad times.

There's something fundamental you have to understand about yourself before you can change your life for good.

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Jesus, to be sure, often spent long times alone in prayer. But he was also deeply at home where there was a party, a kingdom party, a celebration of the fact that God was at last taking charge.

The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God.