Learning your lesson from a mistake is healthy, but living forever in the emotions of your past mistakes is toxic and debilitating.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Hard work is the secret of being a genius.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Architecture struck me between the eye and the eyeball.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.

Educarers demonstrate love by showing and teaching respect.

Travelers should only read after dark.

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.