"I am not the person who is singing I am the silent one inside. . . . I am not my house, my car, my songs They are only stops along my way. . . ."

“One of the most commonly overlooked spiritual practices is daring to be completely honest with everyone you encounter. Some may say others cannot handle their honesty, but true honesty is not a strategy or a weapon of any kind. It is the willingness to be open and absolutely transparent in sharing how any moment feels in your heart. It has nothing to do with confrontation, accusation, or any form of blame. True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so you may know who you are - beyond all ideas.”

“King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare — or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great, but it doesn't contain as many elements of humanity as we see in Lear.”

Source : "Scofield's Lear voted the greatest Shakespeare performance". Royah Nikkhah, The Telegraph, August 22, 2004.

“Patriotism is the opposite of selfish individualism.”

Source : David Ehrenfeld (2008). “Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology”, p.245, Oxford University Press

“I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.”

“Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.”

“Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.”

“I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.”

“Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.”