I couldn't tell you why but now I know a story is in fact where you discover who you are, where a culture discovers what it is and I just think that this is a terribly important place to get into and that I would enjoy it.

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before.

A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines; I never learned to type very well.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

There must be areas in which a particular character does not represent you.

Travellers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves