Redemption is invented by the sinner.

To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.

I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.

Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.

You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.

Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.

Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.

Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

Vipassana meditation is not an intellectual journey but an experiential awakening.

when you are brokenand he has left youdo not questionwhether you wereenoughthe problem wasyou were so enoughhe was not able to carry it

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit

Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.

Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.

Everything I do, I want to take it to the farthest possible degree. I can't just do something the plain way. I don't cook a bowl of pasta; it has to be puff pastry swans.

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.