“That's the thing about war: it's never enough to disable the buildings, to blow holes into their middles; instead, they're hit over and over again, as if to pound them to dust, to disintegrate them...”

“For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human.”

“I am a physician, and as a consequence I see things most clearly in medical terms. I am arguing that we need an immunization program, one that injects people with respect, dignity, and equality. On...”

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.”

“...you shouldnt hate something you dont know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”

“...you shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”