“I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.”

“Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.”

“There's no need to lower or raise yourself above the things that you are not. Live according to your ability. Be true to yourself and your own nature.”

“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”

“It’s a thing of beauty, the ability to spin the cloth of reality, and you’re a sucker for it: Isn’t story-telling what being human is all about?”

“Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities.”

“It is not about your ability to read, it is about your ability to learn.”

“To us power is, first of all, the ability to define phenomena, and secondly the ability to make these phenomena act in a desired manner.”

“Life is a slippery thing to define, but it consists of two very different skills: the ability to replicate, and the ability to create order.”

“It is necessary to trust in the oppressed and in their ability to reason.”