Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims

Do as much as possible for the patient, and as little as possible to the patient.

In my view, the lost art of listening and ignoring the patient as a human being is a quintessential failure of our health care.

Once a new paradigm takes hold, its acceptance is extraordinarily rapid and one finds few who claim to have adhered to a discarded method.

Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.

Nuclear bombs have made mass murder a reality. Nuclear bombs threaten humankind.

I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make life unlivable on this planet.

As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.

Unless we take the time to regain our perspective and face the reality that life is short, we risk arriving at a destination we didn’t choose—or at least one we wouldn’t prefer.

If someone likes you when you are living a lie, remember - he likes the lie, not you.

Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.

We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.

This is an attraction based Universe. You cannot say no. You are always saying, 'Yes please, yes please, yes please,' with your attention.

It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum.

She attempted to turn again; I held on. I wasn't holding tight enough to keep her, but she wasn't pulling hard enough to get away.

All I can say is I've been lucky with my body. Well done, little body. I praise it and say, 'You're very good.'

When I learned to forgive, it was like a million pounds were lifted from me.