The nation no longer stands for the enlightenment tradition, but rather for military-political hegemony and the total commodification of life.

An idea is something you have; an ideology is something that has you

Love is the social equivalent of gravity.

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

When things are not really nice in a relationship, desires take a back seat.

If I die, I want to die for something I believe in and take my word for it, there isn’t much out there. But you, Rachel, you’re worth dying for.” - Tristan Jacobs

Be liked and you will never want.

Towards the end of your meditation session, or when you feel your meditation is deep, chant "Kring" seven times. Repeat it with sharp intensity, without elongating the syllables.

Ginny, listen... I can’t be involved with you anymore. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be together.” “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?

Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.

The old men know when an old man dies.

I think people place limitations on each other and on ourselves. There is a great fear of expressing ourselves, of making creativity happen.