“Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.”

“No one particular religion has been able to secure the exclusive rights for the power of prayer. No matter who you are, we all have the ability to take advantage of this amazing and wonderful power. Once you realize this, you will then be filled with the desire to help others realize this as well. More and more people are resonating with this understanding, and this could result in a more wonderful future for mankind. (165)”

“All love songs, no matter how eloquent or crude, ornamented or plain, in whatever language they are sung, say essentially the same thing. All love stories have but one meaning.”

“There is not one but many silences, and they are an integral part of the strategies that underlie and permeate discourses.”

“I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action...”

“Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.”