There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.
The Buddha over and over again spoke clearly and definitely on post-mortem states - as in his conversation with Vasetta.
The word 'right' should be excluded from political language, as the word 'cause' from the language of philosophy.
The essence of oppression is that one is defined from the outside by those who define themselves as superior by criteria of their own choice.
Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography.
The purported insight achieved by the patient is not the product of a process of veridical self-discovery, but rather reflects the patient’s conversion to the therapist’s interpretation.
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.
Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of law.
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.
In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.
I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed.
Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg are fantastic producers and showrunners, and they lead a very, very positive, fun, creative environment to work in and to work with.
If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.
You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.
I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.
I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.
One of AOL's biggest assets is its brand. For people over 30 and, due to AOL Instant Messenger, even a lot of people under 30, AOL was their first real interaction with technology in a positive way.
