I buy thousands of books a year.

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

You must first of all think justly. Don’t sit in judgment over others when you don’t know the truth of the matter.

The best thing that you can have is an abundance of love and plenty of kindness.

... knowing what not to know was itself indispensable knowledge.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Under his (Marc Chagall, ed.) sole impulse metaphor made its triumphal entry into modern painting.

The best way to boycott is to build your own

Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed.

Leadership that is entirely self-directed will always be pathological. The only thing worse than worshipping an idol is to act like an idol.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

I remember standing outside of the dorm by the little terrace. I was going to do this job that I wasn't 100 percent certain of, which ended up being much more fun than I expected [in So Notorious].