As if it would slide off their brains at an angle, leaving a scuff mark.

I will never forget the asymmetry of your eyes. it is transformative symmetry. it is the best symmetry. It is the symmetry that is beauty.

Maybe some people don't feel scared when they think about comets and supernovas. Maybe they think it is wonderful.

Sleep is a shallow death we practice every night.

When you focus and accept the current moment with love, faith, and joyfulness, you are practicing mindfulness. That is better than controlling the universe.

Invest in books that will help you become the person you were born to be and do what you should do.

His blank face communicated an emptiness that could never be filled"- Frank Balenger

I get to travel around the world and meet all of these amazing people, and they're singing my songs! And to me, that's crazy.

I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.

It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.

Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven. And St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.'

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.