All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it, that mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that awaits one there. It is for this reason that love is so desperately sought and so cunningly avoided. Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Great art can only be created out of love.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.