That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga.

I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.

These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.

It's human to hear stories and to know how people live and to imagine how that is for them. It's very interdependent!

I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us many treasures. You can't just say that's a bad way of being in the world - it's not. But it's not everyone's way of being in the world.