There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

There is no excuse to give for being a beggar. We all have imaginations to work out our dreams. Work yours out.

He who want to be great must first be a servant.

I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.

The people that are making this world worse don't take a day off, how can I?

The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts.

The beauty in the death that awaits us, I find a timeless beauty in that.

I can't be easy. It's not my nature. But it's my nature to love you.

I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India.

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness