The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.

The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy authority and tell the truth.

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself.

I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.

I am inclined to think -' said I. 'I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.

From a very early age, as far back as I can remember, I always played sports.

help that is not positively necessary is a hindrance to a growing organism.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long near water, begin to rust. Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.

You can't go forward if you're looking backward. You run into walls that way.

Buying gold is just buying a put against the idiocy of the political cycle. It's that simple.

Love combined with wisdom is bliss, and that is devotion. Devotion is a strong bond, a sense of belongingness. Everybody is born with it. It’s just like becoming a child again

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.