I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.

There is no dunce like a mature dunce.

The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'.

Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it.

Is this the Olympics or One Life to Live?

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

Life happens not to me but for me

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.