I do believe in happy-ever-after.
Now, again, what the center ground has got to do is to respond to people's genuine concerns and fears.
I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
My teachers used to call me a failure
I think what happened with 911 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.
I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Give me a man who steals a little and I can make money
No matter what you do, if your heart is ever true, And his heart was true to Poll.
The internet can be enormously helpful, just like books can, but I don't think it's the be all and end all for really practicing Buddhism. At a certain point, as with learning any skill, we need personal instruction from someone who is more advanced than us.
There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.