One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.

If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.

It might not be perfect, but the fundamental stance I adopted with regard to my home was to accept it, problems and all, because it was something I myself had chosen. If it had problems, these were almost certainly problems that had originated within me.