Goals are to be set clear without frills. Do not be deterred and take reality as it is, not as it should be.

Believe in what you can do and be not deterred by what others say.

With average or even minimum ability, success is still very possible.

Honesty towards yourself. Looking into your mirror, any time all the time will guide.

Opportunities are always everywhere, learn to see and create them.

Responsibility is something you take as a matter of fact, like breathing air; living without it is impossible, but do not think about it too much.

What was my path to success? Well, there were some steps forward, some back, some to the side... maybe it wasn't a path, but more of a dance.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Love with a kind heart is what we can give to each other.

Jnana yoga is the yoga of kindness and compassion - serving the self that is everywhere.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

I'm from Long Island. Strong Island.

She turned me into a newt. ... But I got better.

Sherrod Brown and President Obama have lost the faith of Jewish Democrats.

Meditation has really helped with keeping my center.

Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or gods) exists. Nothing more.