It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

Bucketing your time or your tasks keeps you in the zone.

The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.

I've yet to find the exact word to describe the enjoyment that an evening spent riffling through old pattern books can bring.

If you start pandering to young people, you're going to get accused of simply giving people what they want.

Every time I see myself in print or on TV, I feel like a little white girl. I feel fat.

There's no need to believe what an artist says. Believe what he does; that's what counts.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

To be a Christian is to move toward need, not comfort.

Great minds struggle to cure diseases so that people may live longer, but only madmen ask why. One lives longer in order that he may live longer. There is no other purpose.