He was an animal. Everyone knows never to corner one that's injured...even if it is just his pride.

When human consciousness stops fooling itself and looks at the situation straight on, it can't cope.

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.

Gratitude was never meant to be an excuse for giving up on the obstacles God has put before you. Some of the most magical things he can bring us require faith and a lot of planning.

I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it.