Having contentment and gratitude in the present moment is the surest way to achieve success.

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.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.

Sometimes the most difficult decision is to not martyr yourself for someone, but instead to choose to live for them. Because of them.

In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.

Justice is a word that resides in the dictionary. It occasionally makes its escape, but is promptly caught and put back where it belongs.

Come rain or come shine.

And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference.

Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.

To dance at all is to confront oneself. It is the art of honesty.

Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.