If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

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!

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, 'Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else.

The most dangerous tendency of the modern world is the way in which bogus theories are given the force of dogma.

When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.

I don't even like Greg Glassman. I don't have a cult like allegiance to the guy. I really don't like him. He's too hard to get on the phone and he doesn't drink my kind of scotch.

All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.