Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

We owe our loyalty to each other and to our children's children, not to party politics.

Sarucha (age 8): "Look, down there, I recognize it, ciudad de Jerusalén (the city of Jerusalem)! Jerusalén!, Jerusalén!" she exclaimed.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight

I just learned how to scuba dive. Id been scared to rely on one little air hose for oxygen, but swimming with all those fish is exhilarating.

Remorse is memory awake.

The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership... This is the holy ground.

Super excited about things I'm going to do; never excited about things I'm actually doing.

I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people look back at and say, 'His early work was really great.

I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do.