Sin is the only heritage of the natural man...

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be

People can cry much easier than they can change.

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Procrastination and fear are close cousins.

Death is only as strong as you believe it to be.

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams.

There is no way I'm going to doubt myself at all.

To love to teach is one thing, to love those you teach is another.

Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

I'm really open to different kinds of music, I don't like to limit myself to pop.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.