In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.

The people united will never be defeated.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

You must appreciate beauty for it to endure.

Among your farewells, see you soon, now I have no time and stormy silences, I met someone....that someone, is me.

Death began to look like a friend.

Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and Buddha found enlightenment beneath a bo or peepul tree.

I find it very hard to say yes or no quite openly, because people are never satisfied. One day they write us off as saying we're not together and the next day we're together and getting married.

I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little.

There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.

What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit for it.

True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.

The future is bright at Ohio State.