Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

Now when the flowers are in full bloom, It is the ashes from the past that hidden loom.

To ensure the fairytale ends well, I will stand by her side until she trusts me.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

Mathematics is the handwriting on the human consciousness of the very Spirit of Life itself.

Id never choose to turn the clock back.

I write very, very slowly, and for me, I have to summon all sorts of resources to make one of these pieces work.

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

I know that if things hadn't gone the way they did then I wouldn't be where I am now.