Recognizing a problem doesn't always bring a solution, but until we recognize that problem, there can be no solution.

The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has evolved no terms for your existence, has made no room for you, and if love will not swing wide the gates, no other power will or can. And if one despairs-- as who has not?-- of human love, God's love alone is left.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

Those kids aren't dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don't get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.

The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.