Love isn't an accident. Love is a choice.

Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.

The gift of salvation set me free from all my sins.

We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

The teacher will have a certain imprint, and each teacher imprints differently. Ultimately the imprint of the teacher is a limitation that you will have to overcome in your final stages of knowledge.

I want to give back. I want to do all the things that will make me feel fulfilled. But whenever I do those things, people think it's a press stunt or something.

A good artist's always got his hand in his zipper.

Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.