The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins.

When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them.

Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.

I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self as well as your most intelligent self. It is when you realize who you are and the extents of the good and the evils which you are capable of