Freedom is the most sophisticated form of control. The best lies use the truth.

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.

Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

Every good love story has a start and a finish. What matters is what happens in the middle.

Organized Christianity that fails to make a disturbance is dead.

Suddenly it felt like there was a ticking time bomb in the house. I didn’t have all the time in the world to make you love me again

When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements.

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.

With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God.