"Most people have turned their solutions toward what is easy and toward the easiest side of the easy; but it is clear that we must trust in what is difficult; everything alive trusts in it."

“The opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympics are mass satanic rituals disguised as a celebration of Britain and sport. Their medium is the language of symbolism.”

“The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.”

“None of my characters have really had jobs.”

“Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphsof psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.”

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.”

“The way to get killed around machinery was to take things for granted.”

Source : Richard McKenna (2010). “The Sand Pebbles”, p.13, RosettaBooks

“Everyone would like the world always to be in bubble times. But that doesn't happen.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“Although the mass of the people accepted the white man's God, either under physical duress or because he seemed more powerful than their own Gods, they never assimilated the ideas of Christianity.”

Source : Penny Lernoux (1980). “Cry of the People: The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America--the Catholic Church in Conflict with U.S. Policy”