As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

If a man cries in front of you, it doesn't mean he's weak. It means that he trusts you enough to let his guard down.

Traveling alone offers the chance to test the limits of what you think you know about yourself.

When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass.

We need leadership, and we need it now.

I am a pop girl! And I'm on a major label. I enjoy singing pop songs.

For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours.

I just wait for something to present itself, and then I consider it.

The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it.

Intuition is a heart message minus the static.

No matter how small, a favor deserves thanks.