“What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.”

“It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness.”

“Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.”

“The goal is justice, the method is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal and the method.”

“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”

“It’s important that you spread good vibes. Right now it has to be all about peace and love.”

“This face seemed full of suffering, despair, confusion, so that I became uneasy again… It seemed like tiredness and defeatism spread from him to everyone close by.”

“Today our country is being psychologically divided by the confusion and the suspicions that are bred in the United States Senate to spread like cancerous tentacles of "know nothing, suspect everything" attitudes.”

“But metaphors help eliminate what separates you and me.”

“Gender is the remaining caste system that still cuts deep enough, and spreads wide enough, to be confused with the laws of nature. To uncover the difference between what is and what could be, we may need the “Aha!” that comes from exchanging subject for object, the flash of recognition that starts with a smile, the moment of changed viewpoint that turns the world upside down.”