I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties.

Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such.

Certainly it is not a democracy.

Think of your life as a field. The field is the field of action. What a mystic does is set up their life as a field of power.

People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.

The worst thing a girl could do on a date is fart louder than me.

Learn to share your love with others, but keep part of this love for yourself

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now. We've got our blood and treasure at stake there already.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

A proper education enables young people to put their lives in order, which means knowing what things are more important than other things; it means putting first things first.