Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

If communication is lost everything is lost in a relationship.

The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.

One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much

A grateful person is rich in contentment.

I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

GIFTS is an acronym for Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Triumphs, and Self-love. I believe that those are the principles we need to explore in order to discover our true gifts.

I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward.

To understand everything is to hate nothing.

Earnestness is the salt of eloquence.