I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love ... We have within us the ability to change for the better and to find dignity as individuals rather than as drones in one mass movement or another. We have the ability to love, the need to be loved, and the willingness to put our own lives on the line to protect those we love, and it is in these aspects of ourselves that we can glimpse the face of God; and through the exercise of these qualities, we come to a Godlike state.

Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.

People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.

Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.

That was interesting, riding in the trunk," Milo said, "but I wouldn't want to do it again.