I played with children so that I could learn from them.

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

First character, then ability.

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.

Lovely phrases had lit candles in her mind, one after the other, till she felt intoxicated with the brightness.

You can’t convince me that the Founding Fathers wouldn’t allow you to secede.

There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to.

There are generations of women who left the workforce to be moms, and their kids grow up, and they think, "Well, what now?"

If anybody wants to believe they're the descendants of a primate, they're welcome to do it.

Once I realized that the only thing I can actually control in this life is my own mind, how I choose to react, feel, and perceive, I felt immediately liberated.

You cannot intellectualize the Divine. You have to experience it on your central nervous system.

Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

Bring the sky beneath your feet and listen to celestial music everywhere.

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process.