I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

If love and kindness is life's investment, then joy and happiness will be life's profit and dividend.

Writers live in the world to write the sacred words.

I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilization of their complexion, nor even any individual, eminent either in action or speculation.

The painter’s instrument is his armchair.

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

Do not pick up the pen unless you understand how heavy it is, and how long you may carry it for.

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

The leverage Wall Street has to change the world is greater than technology. At a very young age, you're in the room with CEOs, making critical decisions. It should be exciting. It is exciting.

Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely, and do something for him or her.

A book? O, rare one, Be not, as is our fangled world, a garment Nobler than that it covers.