Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

A good artist makes imaginations real!

Life is worth living to reveal the beauties of life.

Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever.

I should probably warn you, my love isn't roses and champagne. I'm obsessive, jealous, and controlling, but I'm faithful and I'll be here when you need someone.

Sometimes I feel like an old hooker.

Assent - and you are sane - Demur - and you're straightaway dangerous - and handled with a chain.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

The military's job is to win the war. A president's job is to win the peace.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Knowledge has the power to help us avoid making bad choices that produce bad results.