"I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them."

“We are all capable of living lives characterized by great joy. Within each of us is an amazing human spirit that is strong enough to overcome pain and disappointment. And no matter what our current situation happens to be, or what beliefs we may currently harbor about ourselves, we can tap into that inner strength and wisdom and move forward to create more joy.”

Source : Salle Merrill Redfield (2009). “Creating a Life of Joy: A Meditative Guide”, p.8, Hachette UK

“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”

Source : Statement to the Argentine Society of Letters, 1946.

“True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2010). “Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership”, p.27, Macmillan

“Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books”

“Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.”

“I have this very strange sensitive skin. If I put anything on it but this one product, it erupts into a rash.”

“The two heart-grey puddles: two mouthsfull of silence.”

“The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.”