A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out.

Nothing can calm our souls more or better prepare us for life’s challenges than time spent alone with God.

Advice is seldom welcome and those who want it the most always like it the least.

In terms of having high hopes that the level of consciousness will get higher and higher, yeah.

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope.

I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat.

I wore bell bottoms in elementary school. Never wore elephant bells. Remember, this was middle Oklahoma in the '70s.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

I rarely saw people sitting at computers producing real code wearing ties.

I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.