I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I went to school, it was radical just to be involved in anything.
Many writers are radical. I am not, because of my age and because of my terrible fear of demagogy.
I thought I was really a radical, political person, which of course I am not.
I am a radical.
I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically.
My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.
I'm a radical, and I always have been.
I am still radical!
When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion.