"I think I took a few stabs at writing socially conscious lyrics. I had never intended to write a song about the Gulf War, but when I wrote "Before You Hit The Floor," I didn't know what the hell was going on in the world."

“Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.”

“The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.”

Source : Elliot Aronson (2011). “CourseSmart International E-Book for The Social Animal”, p.257, Palgrave Macmillan

“I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.”

“if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program.”

“We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.”

“Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions. It is a wicked thing either to support or oppose a man because of the creed he possesses. . . . Such a movement directly contravenes the spirit of the Constitution itself.”

“It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.”

Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2011). “Following Christopher Creed”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming.”