If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire.

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

It takes wisdom to know when you've had enough, strength to make the decision and determination to see it through.

Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet.

The only thing that can cause your body to hurt in your energy processing centers, [chakras] is when you are losing Spirit through one of them.

It's not sincereity, it is truth which frees us, because it transforms us. It tears us away from our inmost slavery.

Public education has served as a check on the power of parents, and this is another powerful reason for maintaining it.

No one can think a thought for me in the way that no one can don my hat for me.

I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.

Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.

O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.

A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable.