Meister Eckhart

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.

Words derive their power from the original word.

The more we have the less we own.

Sometimes people ask, 'Does writing make you happy?' But I think that's beside the point. It makes you agitated, and continually in a state where you're off balance. You seldom feel serene or settled.

Wikileaks in its essence is a publisher, pure and simple. They were very much in the same position as 'The New York Times' and 'The Guardian.'

I do know that detachment is important. A surgeon can't be weeping into the open wound.