"In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us."

“I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.”

“The financial system as a whole has had the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme if we look at it fundamentally.”

Source : "Was whole economy a Ponzi scheme?". www.nytimes.com. January 1, 2009.

“You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11, you know, and playing in the National Football League.”

“Merely looking at the world around us is immensely different from seeing it.”

Source : Frederick Franck (1993). “Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action”, Bantam

“Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.”

“Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods. [Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]”

“If the Democrats have their way, African Americans will continue to feel oppressed, despised and handicapped into the indefinite future. All progress will be downplayed and every setback amplified. In this way, Democrats can continue to rely on lopsided black support at the polls.”

Source : Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel