“You’ve got to stop thinking of consciousness as your own. You’re only thinking for yourself when you are by yourself. As soon as you are in the presence of others, your consciousness is linked at some level to those others.”

“Security is an illusion, but it is a pleasant one.”

“We have to believe in free will, we have no other choice.”

“Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything bad about it.”

“We look for things or people that are incorruptible. There is nothing incorruptible, merely uncorrupted. We neglect the role we play. We value innocence, but only the kind we cannot alter. We throw mud at purity and mock it for its stain.”

“Where once we aspired to be more like our heroes, today we try to make our heroes more like us.”

“Perhaps the media may not always be telling what to think, but it is always telling you what to think about.”

“If God rewards the faithful with earthly rewards, then what leverage does the devil have?”

“It is wisdom to know who you are, but not to the point of excluding who you might become.”

“There is a third choice besides being busy and killing time, something profound.”

“Each man is an island unto himself. But though a sea of difference may divide us, an entire world of commonality lies beneath.”