"I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission."

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay.”

“Not since the days of George W. Bush's 'Clear Skies' and 'Healthy Forests' initiatives has America been presented with a project as cravenly corporate and backward-looking as the Keystone XL pipeline.”

“A person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by the occupation and oppression into a nightmare.”

Source : "The Palestinian poet who inspired JK Rowling's stance on Israel" by Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2015.

“Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course. Devoting time to the study of how people use limited resources to fulfill unlimited wants and needs should help us to discover how to best utilize the resources we have at our disposal.”

“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.”

“I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.”

“Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.”

“The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in its defence are silent.”

Source : Archibald MacLeish (1940). “A Time to Speak: The Selected Prose of Archibald MacLeish”, Boston, Mifflin