It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable.
And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them
To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one's weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of manufacturing. We relax back into the moulds of habit. They are secure, they bind us and keep us contained at the expense of freedom. To break the moulds, to be heedless of the seductions of security is an impossible struggle, but one of the few that count. To be free is to learn, to test yourself constantly, to gamble.
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.
I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.
When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes.
I am not trying to be better than my father. I am not trying to be like him. I am just trying to be myself and express myself how I feel.
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome.
I came literally to the table with a wealth of knowledge by simply understanding how food should taste.
Every Chess master was once a beginner