“This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.”

“How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.”

“Men are alive on this earth, only because the imperative human desire is to attack the enemies of human life.”

“Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.”

“I stress that we unambiguously support strengthening the non-proliferation regime, without any exceptions, on the basis of international law.”

“I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by talking about it.”

“The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind
about nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.”

“I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife
inside
because there was no alternative except to hide as long
as possible---
not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance:
trying to connect.”

“And, surely, this doth seem but a sane thinking unto me; but yet without proof, and to be said to you, only as the shapings of my thoughts.”

“I’ve never planned any part of my career—except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom.”