I am going to tell you a secret. Everything is about wanting. Everything. Things happen because of people wanting. Watch closely, and you’ll see what….

Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured..

Words are very powerful and can lead anyone reading them or hearing them, into contemplation and insight. How the mind follows suit is rarely palpabl….

Travel far enough, you meet yourself..

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting f….

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future..

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw..

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power..

True knowledge without xperience is food without sustenance.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just me….

Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most..

It's true, reading too many novels makes you go blind..

In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction..

What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence, is the instrumen….

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths..

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair..

As for reading, I wish I had a magic door to a library where I could go in, read for days and days, and come back in the same minute I left. I'm stil….

The better organized the state, the duller its humanity..

Love's pure free joy when it works, but when it goes bad you pay for the good hours at loan-shark prices..

Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison!.