All Wars Derive From Lack Of Empathy:

Fear Has Always Been A Diminisher Of Life. Whether Bred In The Bogs Of Superstition Or Clothed In The Brocades Of Dogma And Ritual, The Specter Of Death Has Reduced The Living To Supplicants, Powerless.

Self-restraint May Be Alien To The Human Temperament, But Humanity Without Restraint Will Dig Its Own Grave.

Until We Know What Motivates The Hearts And Minds Of Men We Can Understand Nothing Outside Ourselves, Nor Will We Ever Reach Fulfillment As That Greatest Miracle Of All, The Human Being.

Flirtation ... Is A Graceful Salute To Sex, A Small Impermanent Spark Between One Human Being And Another, Between A Man And A Woman Not In Need Of Fire.

The Overwhelming Majority Of People Who Are Engaged In The Processes Of Thought And Expression Are Democrats Because The Essence Of Thought Is Exploration And Diversity And Change. It's Impossible To Have Vision In Art Or Government Without Risk, Or The Boldness And Courage Which Produce Risk. And This - In Spite Of What They Call Modern Republicanism - Is The Antithesis Of True Republican Thinking.