I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that [do] matter.

I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.

Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.

Do you know, by the way, that German is the only language in the world that has a word for ‘pleasure derived from the misfortune of others’? Schadenfreude.

Shame lies. All the time. About everything. Don’t believe your shame.

Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person’s authority and credibility.

My African roots made me what I am today. They’re the reason I’m from the Dominican Republic. They’re the reason I exist at all. To these roots I owe everything.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].

You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you'll just repeat what's old.