Hope is a gift we give ourselves, and it remains when all else is gone.

I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

Remember, forgiveness is not a millstone but a milestone!

Of course imagination is the beginning of creation. Without imagination there can be no creation.

One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

Silence itself could be used as deftly and cruelly as a kire

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.

They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services or curb crime

Only of one thing I am sure: when I dream I am always ageless.

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.

Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.