But there were worse things than disappointment, and I'd lived through several of them already.

I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I’d had enough of trying to ignore them.

I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either.

I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose.

What would happen if you stopped fighting, and gave yourself permission to feel? Not just the good things, but everything?

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

My body is precious and not separate from my soul.

There aren't very many women of color in positions of power, period. Much less on television.

Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines through you.

Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter - time - be addressed as a being.

Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all

The life of a dancer is not for everyone. You really have to have some thick skin. You really have to know what you're going into and how competitive the field is.