If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go.

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be

People can cry much easier than they can change.

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."

When you meet a man, don't you always idly wonder what he'd be like in bed? I do.

The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

We are creators, just like the one who created us. And we are always expressing our creativity, with or without awareness.

The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.

We have certain differences over the ways to pursue our goals, but our final aims coincide, in my opinion.

I'm a football player by trade. That's what I do, ... So I did everything I could to make myself a football player again.

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us.