A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened by the misnomer.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

he way up is through service, Sacrificial service - it is better to serve than to be served

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

'Legion' was a lot of fun to shoot. It was a real unique apocalypse scenario that takes place in a diner out in the desert. Very much like a drive-in B-movie, but in a good way.

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined stones.

The ninos santos (Psilocybe mexicana) heal. They lower fevers, cure colds, and give freedom from toothaches. They pull the evil spirits out of the body or free the spirit of the sick.

In your very nature, in the depth of your mind, there is omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience. All knowledge is already in the depth of your consciousness, of your mind.

I think people are very focused on the economic issues. They want an economy that works for everybody.