"To survive you must find yourself then it won't matter where you are."

“Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.”

“Hey, see if they've got any pie. Bring me some pie. I love me some pie.”

“The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment”

“Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.”

Source : "Steven Pinker: 'Artists used to gush about the beauty of war. The First World War put an end to that'". Interview with Clint Witchalls, www.independent.co.uk. 10 November, 2011.

“I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and who they missed, and what they were sorry for.”

“Don’t call me a loser in front of my mom!”

“The neglected legacy of the Sixties is just this: unabashed moral certitude, and the purity -- the incredibly outgoing energy -- of righteous rage.”

“True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self.”