My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.

Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.

Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--the rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.

There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.

I'm interested in psychic phenomena, I'm interested in things that are happening invisibly beneath the surface.

Van Gogh was asked how he created such beautiful paintings. He said I dream my paintings and then I paint my dreams.

Evil perpetually tends to disappear.

There's potential for it being soon. The reality is that there are only 'X' positions available, so it's a matter of luck or timing. They are people positions, and Kim is incredibly qualified.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Whatsoever you are doing, be absorbed in it so utterly that the mind thinks nothing, is just there, is just a presence. And more and more totality will be coming.

Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more likely to buy.