Every experience is seen through your mind's eye, so when you change your mind you change your entire world.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

My focus is first of all, to remove every thought of violence from my own consciousness.

Although we sometimes did without a few of life's necessities, we rarely lacked for its luxuries.

Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed.

People really appreciate the way I play.

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.

Right now I really enjoy writing songs.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.

Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there.