"Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental. It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything else."

“It is ironic to watch the churches, including large sections of my own religion, surrendering to the spirit of modernity at the very moment when modernity itself is undergoing a kind of spiritual collapse....”

Source : Irving Kristol (1995). “Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea”, p.440, Simon and Schuster

“From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all. But whether or not one can live with one's passions, whether or not one can accept their law, which is to burn the heart they simultaneously exalt - that is the whole question.”

“In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect. I may add that the French Government have authorized me to make it plain that they stand in the same position in this matter.”

“Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.”

“Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.”

Source : Shawn Phillips (2008). “Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life”, p.20, Ballantine Books

“The four Ways reflect a pervasive belief that life will be simple if we practice four basic principles: Show up or choose to be present, Pay attention to what has heart and meaning, Tell the truth without blame or judgment, and Be open, rather than attached to, the outcome.”

“I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.”

Source : "Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay Talk WHITE COLLAR Season 3.5; Plus Bomer Talks About Playing a Stripper in MAGIC MIKE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 8, 2012.

“I'm totally anti-commercialism.”