The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.

Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.