Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.
Education is for growth and fulfillment.
In Seattle, I soon found that my radical ideas and aesthetic explorations - ideas and explorations that in Richmond, Virginia, might have gotten me stoned to death with hush puppies - were not only accepted but occasionally applauded.
To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.