A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

The people united will never be defeated.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.

But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the universe.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

No future historian of the United States will be able to use quotations from her twentieth-century poets in support of an imperial policy of conquest and slaughter.

Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.

No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.

I see myself at crossroads in my life, mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up the path before me.

You gotta be able to explain things to yourself when the lights go off and you get in the bed. You gotta deal with you at the end of the day.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.