Racism and inequality are likened to a fungus which grows in dark places and is all the more poisonous because one cannot see it.

Faith is the ability to endure.

Rationality and calm self-determination were one of the great illusions of the universe... in the end, we were all ruled by our passions.

Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have.

We are not strangers. It’s a lack of trust that keeps us separated.

We must believe we are capable of transcending evil, of not needing to hide in the darkness or surrender to our basest fears.

Racism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.

The liberation from ignorance and tyranny was a long war, because the oppressors always had the advantage. They smooth-talked the masses with lies and promises.

In our ever-changing universe, lives collide, and, like runaway planets, we just keep going.

When you're in love, there's nothing that can embarrass or surprise you.

Life brings only so much luck which when used up leaves you without a safety net.

For America is composed not of two sorts of people, but of two frames of mind - the first engaged in doing what is would like to do, the second pretending that such things do not exist.

Who you are is why you choose poorly, or fail to choose wisely.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

The world is God's workshop for making men in.

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

It's tough getting older. You start falling apart, you know? My gums are starting to recede now. You can't tell tonight, though, 'cause I comb them forward.

I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.