"Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism."

“The next generation will always surpass the previous one. It's one of the never-ending cycles in life.”

“You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.”

Source : Robert B. Parker (2013). “A Catskill Eagle (A Spenser Mystery)”, p.171, Hachette UK

“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”

“Religion is an affront to liberalism because it dares suggest it's not all about you”

Source : "No, I am not a liberal - I believe that community comes before the individual" by Giles Fraser, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2012.

“Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.”

“Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions. It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions. Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role. There are a great many bad people in the world, and if you are not offending them, you must be bad yourself.”

“I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I DO have the heart of a lion.”

“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”