Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

One of the best questions you can ask when something negative happens is this: What does this experience make possible?

GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.

If all our children learn to do is read, they will not be literate.

The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.

To become our enemies - what an absurdity. A crazy absurdity when you stop to think that we, Muslims and Hindus, had conducted the struggle for independence together.

I'm a mediator by training and inclination.

Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

I literally hate working out.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

The dream didn't fade as dreams usually do upon waking.