All Christian religions are outer-directed. "Who can I convert?" "Let's go to this country and make them Christians." "Wear this." "Do that." "No, don't worship that way. Worship this way or I'll kill you - for the good of your soul, of course." Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that Western man can't begin to approach.

More people write poetry than read it.

Hitler never bothered with restaurant reservations; he just dropped by. And somehow they always found him a table.

I don't think we really gave barbarism a fair try.

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.

I have things that are strident and confrontational, and I have a lot of things that are childlike and innocent and sort of sweet. So, somewhere in between lies the middle of me.

Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.