This was the ethos of the intelligence analysis directorate during most of the 27 years I spent there.

When an administration embarks on a war justified by little or no intelligence, speaking the truth can be regarded as treachery. The country could use more of that kind of "treachery".

You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been an activist in a constructive way.

My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war.

And the passiveness, you know, the apathy, well, that's not responsible citizenship. When I'm asked, why am I an activist, I say, well that's the rent that I pay for living on this planet, okay?

I love the sweet sound of my name when you say it with love.

My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.

The noise around me blurs, and all I can focus on is his lips and breath and presence.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Liberation is the path of transcendence. Manifestation is the path of immanence. Both lead to the same place: the divine.

Music is indivisible. The dualism of feeling and thinking must be resolved to a state of unity in which one thinks with the heart and feels with the brain.

I think I'll move to Australia.

Goodbye," I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window.

Michelle Obama is a powerful example of someone who has learned how to align her actions with her values, manage boundaries across domains of life, and embrace change courageously.

I turned down a lot of reality shows in the past, but MTV, back in the day, was just the coolest with Cribs to Pimp My Ride.