I'm a good friend of Jonah Lehrer's. You should go on a date with him.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Positively Inspired Man of Purpose

Trees are metaphorical. Their magic is that they bring beauty, comfort, and peace to the land. They celebrate life itself.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

Donald Trump envies anyone who can do things he can't.

It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money.

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.

I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina.

I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.

I believe in not quite knowing. A writer needs to be doubtful, questioning. I write out of curiosity and bewilderment.